In training facilitators for laboratory groups, also known as T-groups or encounter groups, the majority of group facilitators and therapists advocate an experiential apprenticeship in an ongoing group. However, the actions of an inexperienced facilitator trainee may have a negative effect upon the members of the group. The author experimented…

Explores how successful training departments have been in achieving improved managerial performance; how conventional training methods compare in effectiveness with new process" techniques; how management development and training practitioners can modify existing training approaches to achieve increased managerial performance. References. (RB)

A role analysis chart, developed to measure group processes interactions, is adapted for use in training sessions on the conduct of effective meetings. (MF)

This article describes the goals and methods of training facilitators of consciousness-raising groups in an undergraduate sex roles course. (Author)

EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATIONS MUST BE GOAL-ORIENTED. HIGH-LEVEL LEADERSHIP MUST DEFINE ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS AND CHANNEL ACTIVITIES TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS. STUDIES WERE MADE BY HUMRRO IN MILITARY LEADERSHIP AND SMALL GROUP EFFECTIVENESS. IT WAS FOUND THAT POTENTIAL SQUAD LEADERS, SELECTED FOR ABOVE-AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE AND…

Management processes of planning, organizing, directing, and motivating are vital to schools and industries alike. Accordingly, this module, the first in a series of two, has been developed as a training guide using the Hersey-Blanchard approach to leadership styles. It can help build principal-faculty relationships, superintendent-governing board…

The Howard University Institute for Youth Studies conducts a project in Washington, D.C., to train disadvantaged young adults, aged 22-35, as subprofessional group leaders, counselors, trainers, or supervisors for work with enrollees in an entry level Human Service Aide (New Careers) training program. The program is also meant to include youth and…

The experiments here reported represent attempts to produce "equal status interaction" in four-man groups of junior high school boys, two of whom are white and two black. The theory is that equality is not a consequence of interracial task performance. Rather, it is likely that generally held beliefs about the differential competence of…

A study tested the effectiveness of six 2-hour seminars in changing the behavior of elementary school principals in faculty meetings. Eighteen elementary principals from six metropolitan Detroit school districts participated in the study. The subject matter of the seminars included the selection of topics for a staff meeting, demonstration of…

This article describes two group leadership development workshops. The pattern of group development which characterized the workshops is outlined. Major reactions of participants to the workshop experience are summarized. Several suggestions are made for the improvement of similar workshops in the future. (Author)

In order for the "reflective partner" process to be successful, professional training and experience in group work is needed as a basis. However, beyond this basis a requirement of a strong commitment toward "helping" other people achieve positive racial change and understanding is necessary. (Author)

Presents an alternative method, the Adaptive Approach, of training leaders which focuses on the leader's ability to analyze the unique group members and situation and adapt his or her own behavior to meet the circumstantial requirements. Introduces the Leadership Brief as a technique for applying this approach. (MH)

Although negative outcomes of intensive management training are the exception rather than the rule, it is important to recognize and take measures to prevent the possible negative effects of such training. Intensive management development training, particularly in encounter group settings, creates a powerful situation that enables managers to take…

The literature on intervention theory tends to overlook the pragmatic managerial issues and challenges of intervening. This paper analyzes the formative period of a school management development program to establish crucial differences between the program director's espoused theory and the actual experience of the intervention. These differences…