Describes Fault Tree Analysis, a tool for systems analysis which attempts to identify possible modes of failure in systems to increase the probability of success. The article defines the technique and presents the steps of FTA construction, focusing on its application to education. (RAO)

Advocates a system of narratives and worksheet for use by in-house instructional developers that are designed to: (1) be a job aid, (2) document the work and decisions for a given ID project, and (3) be the basis for a feedback system between project management and the instructional developer. (VT)

The Management Decision Making Matrix establishes the basis for the development and revision of a district management philosophy, procedures, job descriptions, as well as group and individual goals and objectives. It provides the management team with the basis for identifying decision making areas and assessing appropriate degrees of involvement.…

The paper discusses the functions and principles of industrial management, compares educational and industrial organization, and notes industrial management techniques applicable to industrial education administration. (MF)

Describes the zero-base budgeting process and discusses its advantages and disadvantages in different organizational situations, based on a review of the literature on zero-base budgeting. (JG)

Available from: Teacher Education and Special Education, The Council for Exceptional Children, 1920 Association Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091. Discussed are issues affecting management of teacher education programs, and presented is a framework for aiding the maintenance and revision of teacher education programs. (CL)

Certain forces affecting education today may have greater impact during the next 100 or more years. One of these forces--behavior modification is traced historically to the year 2584 A.D. Resultant changes in teacher-student relationships, technology use, management systems and other components of education are examined in this scenario. (Author)

A survey of 99 pharmaceutical companies concerning their organization and use of project management techniques for research and development found that the industry is using project management increasingly in a variety of ways for better business planning and operations. (MSE)

Describes the Pro-Cite database management system and its uses in searching RLIN, OCLC, DIALOG, BRS, etc.; downloading results on a floppy or hard disk; converting downloaded records into Pro-Cite databases; and editing, selecting, indexing, and printing out the selected records in a variety of bibliographic styles. (DMM)

Presents an operational definition of personal information retrieval systems and describes design principles of current applications and existing systems, current trends, and research guidelines for general design principles. (4 references) (Author/CLB)

Computer-based management systems offer an efficient means of recording, categorizing, and summarizing data on student discipline. This article furnishes basic information on developing student files, entering data, and generating meaningful reports, such as individual student profiles, date and period frequency, student referral distribution, and…

Describes the use of microcomputer database management systems to facilitate the instructional uses of learning strategies relating to information processing skills, especially recall. Two learning strategies, cross-classification matrixing and node acquisition and integration, are highlighted. (Author/LRW)

Argues that industrial teacher educators have moved away from the traditional commitment to long-term goals and increasingly rely on short-term extrinsic rewards without long-term vision and commitment. (CH)

Concludes that Japanese managers tend to rely more often on altruism-based strategies to gain compliance, while American managers tend to rely more often on reward- or punishment-based strategies. (MS)

Provides a basic definition of the systems approach and explains the school as an open social-technical system composed of five subsystems--goals and values, technical, psychosocial, structural, and managerial. Contrasts the systems approach with earlier management theories that emphasized particular subsystems and ignored others. (JHZ)