Governing multi-level education systems requires governance models that balance responsiveness to local diversity with the ability to ensure national objectives. This delicate equilibrium is difficult to achieve given the complexity of many education systems. Countries are therefore increasingly looking for examples of good practice and models of…

This book explores the perspectives of experienced practitioners, sharing ideas about building and sustaining organizational strength through workforce development practices and systems. As the saying goes, a company's greatest resource is its people. When managers really believe that and work to develop organizational capabilities, productivity,…

In this information age, career and technical education (CTE) has become a multibillion dollar training enterprise. To make the students more competitive in the labor force and to make the nation economically strong and firms internationally competitive, everyone has to depend on CTE to train today's workers of various kinds. This book brings…

Suggestions for conducting an instructional game or simulation. (Author)

A modern-day movement is transforming the way that communities and justice systems think about and respond to crime and wrongful occurrences. This response implements a holistic continuum of services, providing for prevention, intervention, diversion, commitment, probation, reentry, and aftercare. This approach--known as restorative justice--seeks…

Comments briefly on the importance of recognizing values in the administrative process, makes some observations about increasing value conflicts in society, and presents an approach to leadership and decision making which takes into account value systems. Builds on Chester Barnard's definition that leadership involves technological attainments and…

The basic task of recruiting teachers for continuing education programs is to identify a pool of qualified potential teachers. The development of a recruitment plan, a programming philosophy, and a timetable for implementation are important to the success of the staffing process. (Author/SK)

Discusses a particular combination of principles that can result in a practical solution for managing time. The intent is to make school administrators aware of concepts that, when properly mixed, will result in substantial time-saving. (RK)

Discusses common categories of inhumane management behavior identified in a survey of principals and school district administrators. (JG)

College and university business officers are encouraged to implement an endowment distribution method that increases the amount distributed by a fixed annual percentage based on asset mix, inflation, and expected return. Such a payout system provides a predictable, steadily increasing level of endowment income yet maintains the purchasing power of…

A review of the subject index for "School Business Affairs" during 1990-94 reveals that only two articles have been published over the past five years exclusively on the subject of ethics. Lists the ASBO International's Code of Ethics and how organizations can move from a code of ethics to incorporating them into daily professional…

This handbook is published for compliance of all departmental personnel within Intercollegiate Athletics at the State University of New York, Brockport. The purpose of this document is to provide an opportunity for all line and staff personnel (and other interested administrators and Brockport Athletic Committee members) to become familiar with…

Offers administrators 15 guidelines for effective delegation, descriptions of 6 participatory decision making methods, and 5 procedures for problem solving. Discusses advantages and disadvantages of delegation and participation. (LFL)

This article notes that art education is suffering in the current financial crisis because it is erroneously viewed as (1) fun and, therefore, not educational and (2) geared toward only the artistically talented. Listed are 12 components identified by a state supervisor as common to successful school art programs. (SJL)

The advent of sophisticated copying equipment has enhanced the significance of the carbon copy in organizational communication. The authors discuss the carbon copy both as an information tool and as a political device in administration and give managers guidelines on its use. (SJL)