A survey of 524 managers identified key practices to improve performance in a changing environment: clarifying roles, goals, and expectations; ongoing performance evaluation, feedback, and coaching; mentoring; challenging assignments; formal career planning; customer contact; cross-training; and 360-degree feedback. (Contains 31 references.) (SK)

Explains how and why to incorporate the concepts of land, sense of place, and land ethic into management and environmental education. Describes 10 themes for teaching: transcendence, locality, community, limits, morality, emotion, beauty, stories, work, and culture. (Contains 22 references.) (SK)

New principals are often ill-prepared to assume the increasingly complex responsibilities of the principalship. An assessment process could eliminate some of the frustration experienced by prospective principals who discover they do not enjoy the duties and responsibilities of school administration. Mentoring and coaching can help beginning…

Examines how a recently developed peer observation program for principals (Peer-Assisted Leadership) is being adapted for preservice and inservice training programs across the country. Training adaptations used in preparation programs include coaching and follow-through, mentoring, and peer support, while inservice programs feature mentoring and…

Women are underrepresented in management generally as well as in educational management. Improving the situation requires equal opportunity policy and practice, training and staff development, and women's appreciation of their own management skills and knowledge. (SK)

Morgan Gareth's "Images of Organization" demonstrates how many conventional ideas about organization and management are built upon taken-for-granted images and how metaphor can generate new ways of thinking about organization. Metaphor can be a practical tool for diagnosing organizational problems. (five references) (SI)

Discusses the educational needs of nurse administrators in developing counties and in areas of lesser development in the United States and compares them to the typical education received in nursing administration programs. Concludes that a focus on development management is needed. (JOW)

Describes the New York City Community Improvement Project, which trains community school board members in board governance and policy development. Components include publications describing the organization and functions of the boards, and training sessions providing an overview of the educational structure, school law, and ethics. (FMW)

Offers suggestions for orientation and management development to prepare people to do business in different cultures. An orientation outline for Saudi culture is presented as an example. (SK)

Reports selected findings from a national evaluation of a British pilot scheme for mentoring new headteachers, using questionnaire data collected from 238 new principals and 303 mentors and information from 16 detailed case studies. Mentoring was judged successful by most participants because it offered numerous benefits, including help with…

Explores the development, validation, and use of management competencies, focusing on British principals' position within the maintained-schools sector. Describes the generation of management competencies through a national job analysis involving some 255 heads. Advocates a competency-based evaluation process, presents specific headteacher…

Evaluation of an outdoor management development (OMD) program at Leeds Business School concludes that such experiential learning activities achieve far more than conventional classroom approaches. The myths and stereotypes surrounding OMD require rigorous evaluation to provide evidence of its effectiveness. (SK)

Includes citations and abstracts of 99 articles on management development, training techniques, skills training, and general training from international journals. Provides information on article retrieval and the journals covered. (SK)

Women will not make significant advances until the focus shifts from gender awareness to multicultural awareness. Management development must shift from assuming that white women are normative professional models to an inclusive perspective that recognizes women's diversity. (SK)

Comparison of advantages and disadvantages of three types of management development for women (single sex, mixed sex, and mentoring) concludes that, despite some strengths, single-sex programs risk further isolating women and perpetuating occupational sex segregation. Integrating men and women in management training and mentoring has the best…