A "devil's advocacy" approach is proposed for the management of higher education conflict and ultimate improvement in the quality of decisions. Research supporting the value of active questioning of a preferred plan or strategy is summarized and its application is described. (DB)

There is little evidence that student learning would be enhanced if principals were to ignore their broad-based management responsibilities in favor of a more narrowly focused orientation toward instruction. Principals must have a global view of the educational enterprise and direct their energies toward effective and efficient school management,…

A Bedford, Massachusetts, middle school lived through a series of critical incidents while moving into site-based management. Flaps developed over minute-taking responsibilities in faculty meetings and a student exchange arrangement with an inner-city middle school. A "pyramiding" process to close the communication gap helped maintain…

Educational administration leaders have begun to reexamine and reestablish the value of filed components, including shadowing, internships, and field-based seminars that could not be provided without the assistance of practicing administrators. Using a "buddy system" offers invaluable support to beginning administrators. (MLH)

Management theories tend to simplify the complex needs, desires, motives, and abilities of teachers who are also counselors, researchers, planners, and parliamentarians. The task of the academic administrator is to seek coherence of goals and a commitment to student development by focusing disparate visions toward common ends. (MLW)

Outlines initiatives that principals, superintendents, and boards of education should take to implement and support a Discipline-Based Art Education program. Discusses values and benefits of DBAE, inevitable obstacles to change, and ways to generate support. In these initiatives and activities, the principal is the prime mover. (MLH)

Discusses leadership behavior of managers and presents a model for leadership choice that dichotomizes bureaucratic and non-bureaucratic leadership behaviors. The power of managers is described in terms of both position status and personal influence, and the relationship between the manager's role and the needs of employees is discussed. (LRW)

Ethics initiatives should provide employees with the tools they need to identify, clarify, and resolve ethical issues. Training efforts should focus on defining desired outcomes and considering the company's values and guidelines in working toward solutions to ethical problems. (SK)

The everyday demands of the principalship compromise secondary principals' ability to fulfill their instructional leadership role. One solution is sharing instructional leadership with teachers. Some effective strategies include assigning teachers staff development responsibility, creating an instructional council and an instructional dean…

Discusses the problems encountered by first time library supervisors who have to learn not only their new professional jobs but also how to supervise others. A supervisory approach based on work checking is described, and the role that managers should play in assisting their supervisors to acquire necessary skills is outlined. (14 references) (CLB)

Robert G. Cope's report on strategic planning models and techniques among higher education institutions is reviewed and found to shed light on the concept and processes of strategic planning. (MSE)

This latest in a series of articles on the manager's role in an instructional design project highlights techniques for managing the reproduction and distribution of materials. Guidelines for orienting staff are suggested, a sample reproduction and distribution schedule is given, and a storage and distribution system is discussed. (LRW)

Discusses the active role that practicing managers are expected to take in managing information and using information technology, and reports the results of a survey of middle and senior managers in a business school environment that examined issues of concern relating to information management. The implications of the findings for business…

Research on power and the presidency shows leaders can develop charisma, the key to exercising authority. There is nothing genetic or intuitive about charisma; it comes through social distance, personal, style, and perceived self-confidence. (Author/MSE)

Outlined are key provisions, relevant to education, of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Pay Act of 1963. Administrative guidelines to insure compliance are presented, as well as preventive measures that reduce vulnerability to charges of discrimination in hiring, promotion, and compensation. (IAH)