A report on a series of structured supervisory meetings to assess organization and personnel weaknesses. (Editor)

Summarizes recent studies based on the contingency model of leadership effectiveness, which suggest why research has failed to show that leadership training and experience increase organizational performance. The contingency model postulated that group performance depends on the match between situational favorableness, i.e., the leader's control…

Describes a seminar conducted by the Mental Health Complex in Tupelo, Mississippi, for supervisory personnel in a local garment factory. (MB)

The authors argue that management can make meaningful decisions about supervisory selection, training, and development only after classifying supervisors and comparing their activities. (Author/SSH)

Used Situational Leadership Theory to design and conduct two training courses for managers. Varied appropriate Situational Leadership styles during the course, according to students' task maturity. Found managers in the experimental groups (N=30) scored significantly higher on final examinations than controls. (Author/RC)

Assigned 24 supervisors to two behavior modeling workshops designed to improve the supervisors' skills in coaching and handling employee complaints. Generalization of observational learning to a novel context was significantly better in the experimental group, showing the efficacy of formalized retention processes. (Author)

The author analyzes and provides an operational definition of the faculty's role in doctoral-level, competency-based training programs in special education supervision. (SB)

Discusses a three-step model for diagnosing supervisory training needs. Major steps included in the model are (1) data collection (divided into two phases), (2) diagnosis, and (3) separating the problems. (LRA)

Teachers should prepare vocational-technical students to assume the transition from workers to supervisors. Training of supervisory skills as part of career education must begin at the community college level or at any postsecondary level the students seek for technician-training. (CT)

High school and community college counseling directors spend a great deal of their time doing administration and supervision tasks for which they have little formal training. Counselor education programs need to reexamine course offerings in administration of guidance services for the practicing counselor considering an administrative position.…

Presents specific methods for trainers to use in conjunction with their supervisory training programs in order to increase the amount of skill transfer that supervisors bring to the job. Methods include developing skill mastery, building confidence, and applying skills immediately. Post-training reinforcement sources for the supervisors are noted.…

Discusses the eight most essential administrative maneuvers that California librarians learned in the wake of the tax cut mandated by Proposition 13. (Author)

Several plans to improve productivity of workers by use of financial incentives are discussed, and provisions of three of the most successful are outlined, with implications for supervisory training in human resources development. (MF)

The article examines the history of educational supervision in America, identifying (a) persons who acted as supervisors during certain periods, (b) the theory of "supervision" at differing times, (c) supervisory practices during each period, and (d) an exploration of the future of supervision. (MB)