The high school sports club program, providing for competitive experience with extraschool organizations in sports for which there are no interscholastic programs, warrants serious attention by high school administrators faced with increased costs and inflation, and a diversity of student interests. (MJB)

This bibliography is selected from books and journals that are functionally related to the broad topic of consultation. It is organized by the topics consultation theory and process, planned change, school and university, organization development, organizational theory and practice, research and evaluation, and planning for the future. (Author/JEL)

Organizational development practitioners tend to assume that all workplaces are pretty much alike, and that emotional health in all job situations can be described in approximately the same way. They have failed to recognize the sociological and structural/functional limitations of the workplace. (Author/JG)

The reorganization of Indiana University/Bloomington's scattered environmental health and safety functions into one administrative network is described. (MJB)

This is an account of errors made by the author in his role as organizational change agent working as a process consultant. For each error there is an illustrative case study in which he was directly involved. (Author)

Discusses how two-year colleges can concurrently formulate institutional development strategies and build strong executive teams through a process involving the selection of institutional development issues to be addressed and the formulation of specific institutional development strategies to address the issues. Outlines conditions for success.…

The success of the strategic management program developed by United Biscuits (United Kingdom) for senior managers resulted from (1) tailoring the program to organizational and individual needs; (2) using company-specific material; (3) involving top management; and (4) using a follow-up program. (JOW)

Examines an ethnographic study conducted on members of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA). The findings indicated major issues facing AESA are: (1) its organizational identity; (2) developing and maintaining its power base; (3) carrying out the organization's mission; and (4) exercising AESA's political mandate. Concludes with…

The paper discusses creativity and the creative process, cites current methods used to improve creativity in the workplace, and explains the concept of values and value systems as they relate to creativity. Values and value systems are defined; and their source, their nature and functions, and their measurement are outlined. (JDD)

Presents an eight-step model for establishing a training and development program: (1) initiate consultative relationship with management; (2) develop written agreement; (3) diagnose needs; (4) formulate action plan; (5) design program proposal; (6) gain management approval; (7) conduct training; and (8) evaluate results. (SK)

Outlines the linkage between the Stockton (California) Unified School District's assessment program and the concept of "Organizational Development" (OD). Although the program was not designed to be an OD project (it was to improve the district's management selection process), it did have an impact on management. (MD)

Two articles reviewed examples of issues that management is attempting to address in the area of career development. The first is an integration of previous concepts and research findings. The second article examines the process of how individuals join and leave organizations. (Author/ABB)

This article begins with a review of practical experiences in establishing self-development groups before it draws out some of the wider lessons for those wishing to follow this particular route. Discusses what self-development groups look like, how they work, and possible outcomes. (CT)

A management development project at a daily newspaper in Southern California used the formative evaluation process as a strategy for organizational improvement. The process involved building teams of circulation managers, based on the assumption that the best managers have positive self-concepts and that managers' self-concepts can be enhanced by…

Suggestions are offered which have an important bearing on the success and speed with which effective human resources management can be implemented in order to change the personnel management role to one which is responsive to strategic and operating priorities of the business. (TA)