Suggestions are made for helping project managers aid educational linking agents in acquiring new skills or sharpening existing skills. These tentative suggestions are grouped into five categories: (l) skill/knowledge domains; (2) setting priorities; (3) choosing among options; (4) selecting trainers; (5) resources. Skill/knowledge priorities…

This report describes a 1972-73 field test regarding the development of procedures and materials for training coordinators to implement the Developing Mathematical Processes (DMP) program. DMP is a research-based, elementary school mathematics program under development at the Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning. To…

This exploratory study generated 14 hypotheses regarding behavior of administrative candidates, leading to the observation that during the process of candidacy a great deal of informal learning occurs that is not presently attended to by either formal preparation programs or by the processes and procedures through which educational administrators…

The document contains a general information sheet, a curriculum calendar for 1976, and course descriptions for the following General Management Training Institute courses: advanced management seminar, executive seminar, management and group performance, management of scientific and engineering organizations, managerial decision making, middle…

If educational administration preparation programs are to become more effective, basic premises need changing. Behavioral and social science knowledge must be deliberately included in the design, structure, and utilization of training programs drawing on the theoretical and empirical literature of socialization of adults in complex organizations.…

Providing a history of the development and evaluation, this report discusses an information product designed to provide useful information to those responsible for staff development. The SourceBook purpose is to increase awareness of the kinds of products that are available for training in instructional planning and management, and to provide…

A six-month internship at the Stanford University Library allowed the author to observe the processes of setting objectives, planning services and programs, coordinating activities, and motivating personnel to work for common goals both within and outside the library, and to draw conclusions from this experience relevant to her own library. This…

A bimonthly report describes a recent work to determine the use of satellite educational television in remote and isolated rural communities, especially those inhabited by native Alaskans. It is believed that educational satellite communication has its greatest potential in Alaska because of these conditions. The report describes the scope of the…

Fifty employee managers and 50 owner managers were interviewed to determine differences in their behavior after a university level executive development program (EDP) conducted for businessmen in Lima, Peru. Findings indicated that: (1) owner managers had received a greater overall impact from an EDP than employee managers: (2) the perceived value…

The Program Planning Budgeting Systems (PPBS) approach to decision-making has been adopted by government agencies and many colleges, universities and local school systems. As a result, the quantity of literature has increased phenomenally. This bibliography is intended to assist students, researchers, and practitioners in identifying references in…

A study of the effectiveness of executive development programs for marketing and sales executives tested three hypotheses: (1) participation in such programs results in identifiable benefits as perceived by the participants; (2) academically oriented executive development programs have significant advantages over company oriented programs as…

Fifty-five university sponsored executive development programs in the United States and Canada are covered in this directory. Each item gives concise basic information on location, duration, dates, tuition, participants, faculty, and official program contacts, followed by descriptions of subject matter and curriculum materials, methods of…

A two-week institute, funded under Title II-B of the Higher Education Act, focused on the process of communication as the vital interface with all aspects of the school library supervisor's role. "School library supervisor" was intended to include any school librarian with supervisory or management responsibility beyond the single…

The primary purpose of this project was to identify and evaluate policies, practices, and other conditions relating to the supply of managerial personnel in the urban mass transit industry. The study, conducted during 1972-1973, sought to provide information concerning the following: an inventory of management, technical, and supervisory personnel…

The materials in this booklet simulate some of the problems that area superintendents could face working in actual situations. Taken from the real-life problems of some area superintendents, the exercises are presented in the form of in-basket items -- letters, memos, phone messages, etc. -- that require some action on the part of the person…