Patent and trademark searches and technology and market research related to new product development present an opportunity for librarians and community business consultants to work together. This article describes a partnership between library staff at Central Missouri State University and the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) to assist new…

This article outlines the topic of consultation in special and regular education and introduces subsequent articles that address consultation issues. The article points out that special and general educators, school psychologists, school counselors, speech and language pathologists, occupational and physical therapists, and school nurses are…

Describes issues and solutions involving indoor air quality in school. Includes indoor air quality action plans, the role of the environmental consultant, and resources available to help school districts develop an indoor air quality action plan. (PKP)

Balancing consulting work with other life roles requires deciding how much one wants to work, how effectively and how often, what percentage of time to allocate to different elements, how much and how far one wants to travel, and how efficiently one manages the work environment. (SK)

The superintendent search consultant is employed by the board of education and must always act in the board's best interest. Boards want consultants to be friendly and courteous, provide information, and foster an aura of good feeling with candidates and the board. Candidates should receive accurate information, selection criteria briefings,…

Each individual experiences an organization differently, and these individual perceptions drive behavior in organizations. Questions the idea that the best modes of working are through psychologically close teams with common perceptions and values. Promotes counseling people individually and then helping them relate collectively at levels that are…

Explores the self of individuals involved, family business system, and societal context as three interacting, mutually impactful levels of unit to be addressed in family business consultation by family psychologists/therapists. Articulates some major premises about family businesses and presents case vignette to illustrate dynamics and functioning…

Investigates the behavior and characteristics of effective consultants as perceived by a large sample of classroom teachers to determine their perceptions of the consultants' effectiveness, to compare the factor structure of the scale with previous research, and to investigate how the teachers' professional and demographic characteristics were…

Reports on in-service program for enhancing educational consultant effectiveness. In first year of the study, performance of 18 treatment consultants was compared with 18 matched controls. In second year, program was revised and delivered to 35 consultants. First year treatment group modestly outperformed controls, but, in second year, treatment…

When questionnaires were used to assess the involvement of state library agencies in the provision of public library youth services, a consultant profile emerged. Consultants' activities, strengths and weaknesses are described, and a stronger commitment by agencies to consultants and to effective library service for children is urged. (EA)

Faced with upcoming administrator retirements, school districts must quickly induct novice administrators. This article compares the benefits of mentoring (pairing the novice with a respected, experienced administrator and moving the novice toward higher productivity and effectiveness) and shadow consulting (placing an expert with the novice to…

Describes the development of a thesaurus for indexing the databases of Engineering Information, Inc., that improved the former precoordinate indexing vocabulary with postcoordinate descriptors and an appropriate set of thesaurus relationships. Problems of incompatibility with old indexing are addressed, and the use of an outside consultant versus…

Promotes application of research findings to consultation and suggests directions for practice-relevant consultation research. Discusses three approaches to consultation research: naturalistic studies, single-case designs, and alternative means of determining significance. Reviews representative research in three areas of interest (consultant…

Substantive institutional change can only be accomplished by faculty and staff who have changed. The skills needed for that change must be learned. The college administrator charged with managing change can use knowledge of the people and systems involved to create conditions for constructive engagement of those affected by the change. (Author/MSE)

Many areas of investing have become so specialized and complex that they need to be addressed by a special effort. Chief financial officers must evaluate whether that effort can be delivered by internal staff or whether an outside contractor is appropriate. Diagnostic questions for making that determination are offered. (MSE)