Comprehensive planning, construction management, phased design/construction, systems building, and value analysis are techniques being implemented by architect/engineers. (Author)

The president of the organization gives a brief history of work in human resourses management including its membership, relations with other organizations and activites. (RR)

Since there is a shortage of consultants, teachers should be taught directly those principles which consultants use. Thus, the use of behavior change in a classroom of children is a prime criterion in evaluating the effectiveness of a training program aimed at the teacher. (Author/KJ)

Leisure counseling and consultation is a fairly new counseling speciality that is emerging from the field of recreation and volunteer placement while borrowing heavily from vocational counseling models and techniques. The authors describe a working model of one approach to leisure counseling. (Author)

Offers 12 ways in which a consultant can be used to attract, answer, and defuse concerns from employees, parents, students, and community members regardless of the reason the consultant was brought in. (Author/IRT)

Evaluation specialists give suggestions for preparing the presentation of negative research results and evaluation outcomes to clients. (SK)

A report of a counseling session with parents of a 9-year-old behaviorally and learning disabled boy is presented to illustrate the role of a consultant in mediating parent/school differences. (PHR)

Suggestions on when to seek a consultant and how to select the one best suited to collegiate needs are discussed. Reliance on recognized firms, professional organizations, and selective free-lance consultants is recommended. Being well-prepared, planning the consultant's time schedule carefully, clarifying arrangements, and setting the terms are…

Defines construction management, lists the qualifications for the position, the services offered, and the benefits of construction management. (MLF)

Outlines Johnson's decision-making theory as a conceptual framework from which designers can work to facilitate effective relationships. The theory classifies clients into four styles: systematic internal, systematic external, spontaneous internal, and spontaneous external. (Author/JEG)

Provides a condensed description of the criteria and choices for selecting a particular assessment, evaluation, or research design. Strengths and weaknesses of each design are presented. (Author/JEG)

Explores the roles and limits of consultants in libraries, the utilization of their talents, and the future directions of library consulting. (FM)

Reports on a survey in which people who responded as reading specialists actually performed many different jobs. (MKM)

Reviews some models of the reading consultant's role and of the way change occurs and suggests that reading consultants function as clinicians and as consultant/trainers as they work to bring about change in a school district. (TJ)