This article samples some of the research that is concerned with leadership in business, with implications for leadership in higher education. (Editor)

This article investigates the effectiveness of variously administered Black student programs on predominantly white campuses. (Author)

Researchers attempted this study to develop an instrument capable of measuring the "task" and "people" orientation of leader styles so that scores could be plotted on the "Administrative Grid" developed by the researchers. The researchers reanalyzed data previously collected on the "Organizational Climate…

Using the work of Chester I. Barnard as a theoretical basis, the author developed a model to illustrate 36 combinations of leader styles. Six levels of efficiency (orientation to human needs) are plotted against six levels of effectiveness (task orientation) to form an Administrator Grid. The location of leaders within this grid is determined by…

This paper reviews the traditional literature on charisma, as well as selected social psychology literature the author feels is relevant to the concept of charisma. Throughout the paper, the author examines a number of topics related to the concept of charisma, including charismatic effects, characteristics of charismatic leaders, behavior of…

Leadership behavior derives from the different ways in which leaders respond to different situations. Problems arise when only one type of behavior is utilized in a variety of different situations. A list of variables to be considered by leaders in making appropriate behavioral decisions is provided. (EC)

Examines six value systems that employees and supervisors operate within, and considers the implications for the relationships between employees and supervisors who do and don't share value systems. (IRT)

In an experimental survey of an academic library, staff perceptions of an administrator were compared with his self-evaluation to determine what, if any, discrepancies existed. (Author/PF)

Management by objectives demands a particular philosophy of management--the entrepreneurial. Available from Office of Publications, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Single copy, $2.50. (Author/IRT)

Offers an addition to Herbert W. Simon's theory on phases of leadership in various social movements by examining the rhetoric of the leader of the United Mine Workers of America and the leader of the United Steelworkers of America. (MH)

Discusses managers as staff developers. Describes three managerial types: (1) high structure, low interest; (2) low structure, high interest; and (3) high structure, high interest. Presents guidelines for improving the staff development process. (CH)

Examines some of the administrative roles and character types encountered in novels set in the post-1945 era. The study shows that the complexity of the modern administrator's task is mirrored, to a high degree, in fiction. Discusses styles of leadership, problems with students, administrators, and the public, and dealing with the faculty and each…

Examines what we know and don't know about group leadership and concludes that current metaphors which guide inquiry into leadership are incapable of dealing with the complexity inherent in the phenomenon. Describes and adapts an alternative metaphor, leader as medium, to group communication as relationships. (BH)