The Office of Health Services Education and Research at Michigan State University has clarified the functions of planning, organization, coordination, monitoring, and assessing instructional development projects. Each management function can be applied to the process of instructional development in order for the manager to achieve several…

In two parts, this book first defines the evaluation of elementary school principals as having two major phases, job performance and professional growth. The job performance phase establishes minimum requirements and indicates level of attainment. The professional growth phase assists principals who meet minimum requirements to become more…

Prepared for distribution at the 1975 Annual Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, this bibliography was assembled from the Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) and Resources in Education (RIE) computer files of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC). Annotated CIJE and RIE entries…

Clinical education is learning in a field setting where the emphasis is on knowledge application, feedback, appraisal, and reapplication. Mid-career administrators can improve management, communication, and political skills in clinical settings where close observation of performance, judgments about performance, and prescriptions for improvement…

This booklet examines briefly the practical justification for planned training in the distributive trades; describes what and who should be trained; and indicates the steps needed to design a system of training which the Industrial Training Board for the Distributive Trades will find acceptable and grant-worthy. It is divided into three parts:…

An attempt is made to offer guidance to industrial training boards in the training and development of full-time managerial or executive personnel and departmental or technical personnel who have, or may be given, some managerial responsibilities either in their own specialist field or in general management. Areas covered include: the nature and…

A study was made of overseas staffing procedures of large American industrial corporations, selection and predeparture training, and the job attitudes of overseas American managers. Questionnaire responses from 127 foreign operations managers (FOM) and 127 overseas managers were used. These were among the findings; (1) most overseas managers were…

This study evaluated educational problems and needs in the administrative management council of Bloomington Hospital, Bloomington, Indiana, in order to help produce a more effective task group within the hospital's institutional framework. Over a seven week period, the investigator observed department heads in their weekly conferences by means of…

This study of supervisory/middle management development programs for large department stores focuses on the determination of training objectives and the implications of these objectives for program design. To survey current practice in large department stores, a questionnaire was sent to 71 large stores which had at least 1000 employees. Thirty…

A model curriculum is reported for training personnel who are responsible for managing highway maintenance field operations. The training is organized and sequenced by five broad areas--management problems, management by objective, work planning, work control and management systems. In each area, one or more training units are provided for each of…

Part of the series "Managing Highway Maintenance," the unit explains how maintenance work should be described, measured, and classified. It is designed for supervisors who need to know the mechanics of describing work. The format is a programed, self-instruction approach in which information is presented in progressive segments or…

Part of the series "Managing Highway Maintenance," the unit is about maintenance standards and is designed for superintendents and senior foremen who are responsible for scheduling and controlling routine maintenance. It describes different kinds of standards, why and how standards are developed, and how standards are to be used and…

Part of the series "Managing Highway Maintenance," the unit describes the ways maintenance standards are developed and some of the factors which are considered in setting standards; the preceding unit on standards (part 1) should be completed before reading this unit. The format is a programed, self-instruction approach in which…

Part of the series "Managing Highway Maintenance," the unit explains various uses of maintenance standards and how standards should be interpreted and communicated to formen and crew leaders. Several examples are given of the decisions made when applying the standards to routine work. The preceding units on standards (parts 1 and 2)…

The pamphlet is designed to assist agency managers, supervisors, and training personnel in planning for and using long-term training opportunities authorized under the Government Employees Training Act. It presents ideas and general guidance on the management of long-term training. Also included is a listing of nine current long-term training…