Although there has been a paucity of research on what effective secondary school principals do, two recent studies offer some clues. A 1983 report by William Firestone and Bruce Wilson asserts that a high school principal may best be able to influence the school through bureaucratic and cultural linkages. Bureaucratic linkages are formal enduring…

Issues in the development and evaluation of cross-cultural training in a business setting were investigated. Cross-cultural training and cross-cultural evaluation were defined as training and evaluation of training that involve the interaction of participants from two or more different countries. Two evaluations of a management development-type…

To determine the extent of the involvement of undergraduates in speech tournament management, a survey was sent to 230 Directors of Forensics at schools with a Pi Kappa Delta affiliation. Most of the 102 respondents indicated that they use undergraduates when running a speech tournament but that concerns about utilizing undergraduates do exist.…

Topics covered in this symposium included: (1) a perspective for seeking commercial sponsorships; (2) developing an activity program that perpetuates developmental skills; (3) emerging American lifestyles: implications for park and recreation professionals; (4) clinical hypnosis: a possible adjunct to therapeutic recreation; (5) impact fees for…

Although school district administration has previously been influenced by the introduction and use of larger computers, the microcomputer brought the potential for revolutionizing the principal's job. Many principals may still be unaware of the possible benefits offered by microcomputers or unprepared to capitalize on them. This paper addresses…

The recommendation to require state certification of chief school business officers (CSBO's) is an attempt to strengthen the public schools' business function, to raise the CSBO's status, and to underscore the relationships between the business and program sides of school district operations. Although the CSBO has traditionally been viewed as the…

A description is provided of the Snowmass Institutes on "Strategic Planning and Management," a series of week-long workshops designed for college personnel who want to develop a strategic approach to planning and managing their department, division, college/school, institution or system. The basic institute is designed for persons at…

In an effort to compare five models used in delivering inservice instruction to administrators, a survey questionnaire was developed. The goals were to identify the principals' evaluations and perceptions of these models, to summarize the findings of the study, and to present the implications concerning the design of inservice education and the…

This report, part of a larger study examining training needs for Kansas school board members, superintendents, and principals, covers principals' job performance needs and the skills associated with them. The Educational Administration Skills Inventory (EASI) produced data that were handled descriptively and statistically to establish…

As part of the process of redefining institutional growth and vitality, the Dallas Community College District is attempting to become a "learning society," that is, an institution which is capable of on-going critical self-examination, which is process-oriented, and which encourages the development of new ideas. The major components…

Administrator selection is of increasing importance due to the critical relationship between administration and school success. To determine the extent of incorporation of the assessment center method--a source of skill information used for administrator selection and development--into administrator preparation programs, sets of data-gathering…

This paper discusses the critical elements and offers corrective models of effective administrator preparation programs. It argues that such programs should promulgate the learning or "why" of theory, the "what" of research, and the "how" of practice. Only concomitant coursework in the liberal arts, the behavioral sciences, and research welded to…

The Production Control Training Program is a competency-based management training program currently in operation at the Defense Systems Division of Honeywell, Incorporated. Designed with the needs of the adult learner in mind, the program involves pretests and meetings between supervisors and individual staff members to identify individualized…

Consisting of two units on health and safety, the trainer's guide provides suggested activities and methods of acquiring performance objectives in each unit; sample workshop schedules for 6-hour training sessions for small, average, and large groups; suggestions for organizing and using discussion groups; an annotated reference list; and support…

The problems of meeting diverse needs, keeping training relevant, maintaining quality, minimizing administrative loads of course leaders, and keeping costs reasonable are discussed in this article dealing with the General Electric (GE) formen/supervisor program (FSP). Evaluation criteria for FSP course leaders and instructional modules are…