Uses R.A. Ackoff's connotations to define "model" as noun, adjective, and verb. Researchers should use various types of models (iconic, analogue, or symbolic) for three purposes: to reveal reality, to explain the past and present, and to predict and control the future. Herbert Simon's process model for administrative decision making has widespread…

Issues addressed by this committee of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy include: communication problems; admissions; entry-level, differential, and doctoral-level competence; curriculum components for competence attainment (externships/clerkships); and post-baccalaureate study on an extended basis. Definitions and the report of a…

This book, which is intended for adult educators and human resource developers, presents guidelines for assessing adult learning. The following are among the topics covered in the book's eight chapters: (1) basic principles of informal assessment (relationship between learning and assessment activities; sequencing learning and assessment…