Describes the method implemented at West Virginia University for evaluating and granting life experience credit to school administrators. (WD)

To provide management students with practical learning experience, the authors use a practicum entitled the "culminating experience" as part of their management course. This approach combines variations on the case study method and the Delphi Technique with shared experiences of field practitioners. The method is adaptable for use in…

Provides an overview of the goals, recent activities, and plans of the Presidents Academy of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges. Lists the members of the executive committee who can be contacted with suggestions for additional efforts. (DMM)

Explains a procedure to avoid the detrimental biases of conventional self-reports of training outcomes. The evaluation format provided is a method for using statistical procedures to increase the accuracy of self-reports by overcoming response-shift-bias. (Author/MER)

Discusses the tasks of library administration in relation to autocratic, participatory, and contingency approaches to management problems. The psychological and organizational side-effects of the three management styles are considered and a humanistic combination of approaches is suggested. A bibliography is included. (JL)

Reports on a research project that was designed to assess the impact of faculty collective bargaining on collegiate management. Data were based on a survey of college and university presidents in institutions recently experiencing a representation election for faculty unionization. (Author/WD)

If managers want to retain talented younger employees they will have to satisfy employees' needs for career fulfillment. Suggestions are made for individual actions managers can take to encourage a sense of loyalty in subordinates. (Author/MLF)

Discusses the conditions necessary for the development of an effective program of administrative staff development, and describes the critical features of such a program. (Author/SJL)

Underscores the importance of the creative use of human resources for community colleges in times of fiscal constraint. Lists principles for and stages of management and faculty development programs. Cites examples of creative responses to budget cuts. Discusses the cyclic nature of lifelong learning. (DML)

Describes the entrepreneurial team approach utilized in a course designed to sensitize students to the opportunities, as well as the problems inherent in the ownership and management of a small business. (LRA)

Warren Bennis discusses the field of organization development and its needs, applications, unresolved problems, and future. (LRA)

Reviewing the development of organizational development (OD) since 1969, the author describes the emerging values and historical perspectives of the field, provides a cross-section of processes and theories, and clarifies the changing relationship between the organizational development and human resource development fields. (LRA)

Analyzes the relationship of academic librarians' contact with information sources and their involvement in library decision making. Findings suggest that individuals rich in information sources are most closely linked to the decision-making process. (RAA)

The author discusses the need to select, assign, train, and develop people on the basis of the life stages in which they find themselves, holding that management development should take into account the psychology of leadership. (LAS)

Describes the Middle-Management Center at Tulane University, which through simultaneous research and action seeks to develop the problem-solving capabilities of principals. (JG)