The purpose of this article is to share some of the lesson plans the author found successful, and in which students had the opportunity to evaluate the responsibilities of a manager/supervisor position. (Author/RK)

Training of supervisory personnel in libraries is a relatively new practice. The first year of an in-house program is described with suggestions for increasing its effectiveness. (10 references) (DH)

Describes Canadian courses designed to help managers of sheltered workshops. (SP)

Methods for developing strategies for influencing the behavior of others depends on the situation and the style of leadership selected. (RB)

Describes the program of organizational development at First National Stores and analyzes the program in depth, as well as outlining future directions. (AN)

A research and testing process at Xerox Learning Systems identifies steps for developing an effective skill-based supervisory training program. (Author/SSH)

Uses an interactional analysis system to characterize beginning supervisory style. Considered the variance in supervisory interaction behaviors and the stability of such behaviors with different trainees. Concluded that beginning supervisors have individual predilections for supervisory behaviors that are stable with different trainees.…

Describes a brief training program for cooperating agency supervisors providing field experience in a rehabilitation counselor education program. Emphasizes consumer involvement throughout and goes beyond didactic instruction to provide structured practice in applying target skills to actual supervision problems. (Author/RC)

This article traces the history of supervision in school psychology and discusses the current guidelines and standards of professional organizations concerning supervision. The duties of and demands placed upon field-based supervisors as they attempt to implement professional standards are discussed. In addition, minimal competencies of…

Describes how Coca-Cola's training department identified problems in the use of a video training package and made improvements that expanded the potential of the corporation-wide training network. (SK)

Article is based on a book designed to teach prospective supervisors skills such as delegating, communicating, appraising and training. Probes facets of delegating: (1) reasons for delegating, (2) authority, responsibility, and accountability in delegating, (3) hazards of delegation, and (4) learning to delegate. (CSS)

An investigation of the impact of experience on supervisor planning revealed that experienced supervisors generated more planning statements and that more of these statements concerned the supervisee than did statements generated by inexperienced supervisors. (Author)

Addresses the delivery of supervision skills by presenting a model for identification and training of those skills, the roles in which skills are demonstrated, and types of choices or discriminations necessary to make in tutoring trainees through the counseling practicum. (Author)

This paper describes several topics common in addictions work that illustrate how univariate thinking distorts professional practice. The teacher or supervisor must model intellectual integrity and humility to persuade workers in the field to adopt more sophisticated thinking. (Contains 38 references.) (Author)