Discusses a computer-based management game designed to reproduce significant decisions confronting the academic department head in a university. Three simulated situations are given to explain the structure, content, and usefulness of the game. (CC)

Describes a two-week seminar sponsored by the American Management Association which focused on how the principles of business management are applicable in the development of college language programs. (RL)

This article describes a career planning workshop for managers and its purpose is to support and accelerate the process of individual development without organizational coercion or manipulation. (Author/RK)

Articles purpose is to detail what long range planning is, how it should work, how it did work in the sample stations, and why it is important. (Author)

The goals and efforts of a management program should focus on improving the total system of nursing within the organization, increasing organizational effectiveness, working with groups and intergroups and involving as many in the total system as possible. (Author)

Examines the middle manager's job, what behavioral science may offer him, and the manner in which he can optimize its contribution while avoiding some of the problems associated with its use. (Editor)

Reviews assessment centers, their methods, growth and validity studies. Gives an example of a typical two day assessment center and of an assessment center summary report. (RB)

Focuses on the activities of an Oklahoma group which organized a corporation to help start small businesses in an eight-county area. (DM)

Describes a study which measured to what degree selected leadership theories concerning human relations taught during a management training course are transferred to job performance in the field. (CT)

An approach to training new administrators is outlined that has four advantages: (1) identifying job responsibilities and matching them with available human, machine, or material resources; (2) compiling instructional units for each of those responsibilities; (3) presenting the units in logical order, allowing for discussion and assimilation; and…

This article is the first of a three-part series that traces the development of a Management Progression System (career ladder) for nurse administrators. Part 1 describes objectives for the project, anticipated outcomes, and the choice of a conceptual base, including translation of theory into a practical framework for identifying critical areas…

The growth of in-house training and education programs of employers in both the public and private sector is discussed with a focus on supervisory and managerial personnel in large corporations. Effective dialog and cooperation between the corporate sector and the education sector are needed. (MLW)

The School of Education at San Francisco State University developed a model program of faculty development. The primary focus of the faculty development plan incorporated development activities that would be initiated within individual departments. A secondary focus of the program is centered around the entire school. (JN)