Sound management principles can help ensure that early childhood programs provide sound services to children and families. This document contains three training modules detailing fundamental management concepts to help Head Start staff and parents provide quality services. Module 1, "What is Management?" helps participants recognize how…

Drawing on the experience of a 21-year mentoring relationship between two rural school administrators, this paper describes 11 components of an effective working mentorship. These elements are: establishing the relationship, the communications process, setting goals, determining skills, time commitment, broadening the protege's horizons,…

This document consists of the two 1999 issues of a semiannual newsletter that provides current information and research on leadership and administrative issues in early childhood education. The Spring 1999 issue compares elementary schools and child care centers with regard to investments made in the professional development of teachers. The…

This edited volume brings together a number of chapters on key issues of educational administration and policy facing schools and school systems in varied parts of the world. There is a growing international interest in and respect for the attributes and achievements of students, schools, and school systems in different parts of the world. Asian…

Discusses the purpose and curriculum of interdisciplinary engineering management programs conducted at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Indicates that the development of a proper balance of engineering, science, and management is proved satisfactory by student acceptance, graduate placement, and feedback from both graduates and employers. (CC)

Discusses the conduct of a master degree industrial management program at the Polytechnic Institute of New York for students with undergraduate training in engineering and science. Indicates that the program is characterized by unique options developed on the basis of students' strengths and proved satisfactory in fostering actual upward mobility.…

Discusses the graduate engineering management program of Drexel University, including student characteristics, program objectives, academic requirements, and course options. Indicates that the program serves the demand for management talent by providing students with skills different from those of conventional programs. (CC)

The Farm Management Education Program in North Dakota has developed since 1969; undergraduate Adult Education courses in several Departments of Agricultural Education now devote substantial time to management, while a two-year research and development project has produced a coordinated analysis and interpretation system and provided assistance to…

Discusses the roles of engineers in medical centers, including technical support, instrument control and safety for the hospital, and teaching and research tasks. Indicates that engineering education should take responsibilities to prepare them to understand the human relations and organizational characteristics of their environment through course…

Explores how successful training departments have been in achieving improved managerial performance; how conventional training methods compare in effectiveness with new process" techniques; how management development and training practitioners can modify existing training approaches to achieve increased managerial performance. References. (RB)

A study of training effectiveness in textile mills in India. Program is evaluated for trainee reaction, the extent of learning achieved, the changes in behavior effected and the results on the job. Charts, tables, references. (Editor/RB)

Describes a computerized business game and explains how it was used to develop the business talents of some members of the senior management. Gives course design as well as costs. Charts and graphs. (Editor/RB)

Studied the effectiveness of a five and one-half day workshop and an alternate three and one-half day workshop on organization development in developing a more democratic style of leadership in Illinois park and recreation supervisory personnel. The shorter workshop resulted in a more positive leadership style change than the longer one. (JJD)

Describes skill learnability, the degree to which a managerial skill can be acquired or modified by training and development. Argues that managerial skills comprised of large social/interactive components and affected by underlying noncognitive attributes are more difficult to learn than skills articulated through a common body of knowledge.…

Explains why nonmanagers need management training and identifies some specific types of management training particularly useful for nonmanagers. The suggestions included are applicable to education, government, business, and industry. (JN)