Controlling for three types of pay systems (individual incentives, group incentives, and fixed hourly wages), examines the nature of relationships of technological organization and managerial and task features to the job attitude of work-role centrality (WRC). Found that technological organization was most closely related to WRC under incentive…

Looks at three models for the development and functioning of groups. Identifies causes of staff tension and signs of serious internal problems. Considers the option of bringing in an outside facilitator to assist in team development. Discusses the faith dimension of team building. (DMM)

Focuses on the technical and ethical professional standards that guide industry, public agencies, and environmental consulting firms in their work in environmental management. Explores the role that university curricular programs have in creating environmental management standards, advocating a critical thinking, problem-solving, interdisciplinary…

Describes an approach to school improvement designed by the New Jersey Education Association's Urban Education Committee. The program combines a school diagnosis based on effective schools research with teacher participation in the planning and implementation of new policies, programs, and procedures. (GC)

Meta-analysis of the effects of 11 types of psychologically based organizational interventions showed that such programs raise worker productivity. The strength of effects vary by type of intervention, criterion of productivity, contextual factors in organizations, and features of research design. Also discussed are comparisons of conclusions…

This paper distinguishes between two ecological perspectives on organizational evolution: population ecology, which limits investigation to evolutionary change in established populations, and community ecology, which focuses on the rise and fall of populations themselves as basic units of evolutionary change. These perspectives produce contrasting…

This article draws on the experience of such firms as People Express, General Motors, and Digital Equipment Corporation to illustrate successful transition from quality circle participation to full participation in management. (CT)

The institutional planning, budgeting, and monitoring system used by the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology, which provides continuous development, evaluation, and modification operating in advance of rather than in reaction to potential administrative crisis, is described. (MSE)

Improvements in advising programs are seen as elements of institutional development and are central to the mission of the institution rather than peripheral service entities that happen to take place on campus. (MLW)

The history of Canada's second largest engineering school's system of research administration is outlined, and the areas of general concern for research administrators seen in the near future are examined. (MSE)

An interdisciplinary team concept of health care provides health professionals a holistic solution to problems of patients, families, and communities. A case study that illustrates an operational interdisciplinary health team is presented. (DF)

Reviews current organizational development and training practices in two articles of a special section. The first compares OD philosophy with McGregor's integrative approach. The second article discusses contributions OD practice can make to theory, including modifying existing theories, addressing new problems, and exploring the internal logic of…

The framework within which ILO activities for workers' education among rural workers are undertaken can be considered as having two dimensions; the ILO's overall work for the development of the rural areas and the overall workers' education activities. Activity areas for workers' education programs are discussed. (Author/EC)

Organizations are looking at ways to manage their information resources. Both the capture and the use of data created by the organization have come under scrutiny. Part of the concern comes from their desire to enhance the business process and part comes from the explosion of data available to any organization. In this context the role of…

In 2000, a study entitled "Youth in Decision-Making: A Study on the Impacts of Youth on Adults and Organizations," examined organizations that actively involved youth in decision making roles and found that adults and organizations had experienced significant positive changes as a result. Building on focus groups and interviews conducted…