The programed instruction lesson presented in this paper is designed to introduce the Data Base subprogram of the Appleworks software program. The main sections of the lesson are: (1) getting started with the database; (2) arranging, moving, and updating files; and (3) creating a new database. Illustrations of the computer screen as it would…

How KPTS, a public broadcasting station in Wichita, Kansas, became a progressive public media organization. (Author)

Using a computer-assisted search of the literature, the author sought to identify and analyze documents concerning curriculum management systems for the purpose of developing a general description of a comprehensive curriculum management system model. The 12 documents identified in the search included definitional works and descriptions of…

Describes the progress of the planning, programing, budgeting, and evaluation system of the board of education for the Borough of York in Toronto, Ontario. (Author)

Constructing an abstract model that accounts for the essential considerations of the real world of management is an aid to decisionmaking. (Author)

Administrators can learn which objectives maximize management by objectives potential and how to eliminate those that don't. (Editor)

Describes some of the pitfalls in understanding the value of the systems analysis techniques in terms of the teacher and the taught. (GR)

The defects which are now showing up in the lifetime employment system and the internationalization of product and labor markets are forcing Japanese corporations to reevaluate their management structures. The Japanese management system cannot be reproduced in the United States because the same social conditions do not exist. (RM)

Training and development professionals may want to evaluate the implications of the conflict-reducing mechanisms that are imbedded within a Theory Z culture before recommending this approach to their corporate leadership. (JOW)

This article outlines the process of systematic entrepreneurial innovation as a tool for recreation industry managers seeking increased productivity. Eight sources of innovation, with recreation related examples, are described. A guide to implementing the process is included. (IAH)