A reaction to bureaucracy and its inherently authoritarian management and fragmented work styles, work-team organizations broaden and integrate responsibilities while focusing on outcomes. In April 1991, Lake Washington (Washington) School District successfully reorganized its central office staff, building administrators, and support personnel…

Describes a four-step plan for identifying attention deficit hyperactivity disordered children, making recommendations to parents, and delivering instructional strategies to teachers. Describes the preliminary assessment and first child-study meeting attended by principal, parents, teacher, and counselor; a follow-up child-study meeting and…

Many college-level management and organizational behavior courses create and use small, ongoing student groups. Group work offers team members an opportunity to learn about small-group dynamics and development. Frequently, instructors' efforts to help students learn from their own experience is thwarted by students' reluctance to face up to group…

This study examined leadership in 16 research and 16 nonresearch teams in various manufacturing, aerospace, and health services companies. It concluded that research team leaders need to be able to fulfill a public relations or boundary management role. Engineering research teams, however, showed leadership patterns suggesting different needs for…

Provides job descriptions, outlines academic preparation, compares personal and job-related factors, and describes operations of a technical team for four occupations: scientists, engineers, engineering technologists, and engineering technicians. (SK)

Discussion of instructional design and team training presents checklists for use in designing team training programs. These guidelines are discussed, and 2 checklists are presented: the teamwork characteristics checklist, contains 30 guidelines; an instructional characteristics checklist, contains 41 guidelines. (10 references) (LRW)

Describes a team-based project for undergraduate students in both business communication and business statistics courses. Discusses project design, which was to help students develop communication competencies in multiple areas. Argues for a collaborative model among instructors in business departments. (PA)

Middle-level instructional teams promote feelings of belonging and enhance student academic and social growth, teacher job satisfaction, mission clarity, and instructional program strength. A survey of Ohio middle-school teachers and principals disclosed four components promoting successful team development: including all participants in teamwork…

Teachers from 20 schools in Spring Independent School District in Houston, Texas, are attempting to solve students' learning difficulties by using a study-team process. Teams are changing instructional practices to motivate students to read, addressing individual student cases to improve language expression, and assessing different methods to help…

Discussion of the development of instructional materials focuses on project management for developing materials for distance education. Various planning strategies are discussed, organizational settings and their effects on planning are described, the development of a project plan is discussed, and a phase network as a management tool is…

Provides a step-by-step reference for building a new development team in computer-assisted instruction and computer-based training. Included are descriptions of staff development considerations, computer-based training technology information such as computer software and hardware, training methods, and teamwork. (DB)

Because strategic planning can have a powerful effect on a district's future and its use of resources, district leaders must anticipate the need for extensive communication with all segments of the community at every planning stage. As the experience of Tacoma (Washington) Public Schools shows, regular communication is crucial to success. (MLH)

Describes methods and goals for several activities to be used in ropes courses. Details calculation of loads for suspended ropes used in the exercises, and selection of rope based on type of activity and number of people on the rope. Contains several diagrams and photographs. (KS)

A realistic production schedule helps deliver college publications on time. This requires team effort and a spirit of cooperation, specific task scheduling, using tickler systems to keep staff on track, not allowing procrastination, and setting aside planning time. (MSE)

To increase the chances of finding and hiring school personnel--especially teachers--who meet its high standards, an Ohio school district developed a five-step process: recruiting, initial screening, application submission and screening, team interviewing, and decision making. The result--selection of 10 highly qualified teachers whose subsequent…