This brochure was developed by the West Virginia Project for the Elimination of Sex Discrimination to inform boards of education, school administrators, and other supervisory staff that sexual harassment in educational institutions is not simply inappropriate behavior. It is against the law. This document provides information to assist the state…

This step-by-step guide provides practical advice for local board members, administrators, and school board negotiators on determining current and anticipated costs, so that union demands can be analyzed. It concisely describes the "how to" of scattergrams (graphic distribution of staff salary structure), salary guides, percentage versus flat…

A review of the literature indicates that while organizational climate has received much attention in the field of organizational communication, it has been studied largely as a worker's perception of his or her work environment as assessed by self-report measures. Reliance upon those perceptual measures has created controversy as to whether (1)…

The importance of utilizing computer-age technology in various aspects of Black Studies instruction is discussed in this paper. After stressing the continued need for Black Studies programs, the paper describes the evolution of an idea to videotape Ethnic Studies course material in order to improve instruction and make material available to…

Human resources, together with physical and financial resources, are the three most important means of success available to the manager of an organization. The human resource is the most crucial element for achieving productivity, but it is also the most difficult to manipulate. Alienation in the workplace is one cause of low productivity. Factors…

This chapter focuses on 1981 cases relative to collective bargaining. The author notes that after a decline in litigation, as reported in the previous edition, the number of bargaining cases rose again during the past year. The dominant area of controversy involved grievance arbitration. The second largest number of cases, dwarfed by the first…

This paper examined the correlation between the Supreme Courts' numerical answers to "how much" questions regarding the employment of minority groups. It further considered how those terms might be incorporated into numerical indices of differential impact. (Author/RK)

This study investigated the possible implications of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for employee expectations and satisfactions. Specifically, interest centered on the question of how perceptions of an organization's involvement in the resolution of current societal problems might relate to members' expectations of equitable job rewards and…

Article considered what students can do to better their employment position after graduation and what businesses can do to cooperate with students seeking employment. (RK)

Employers and the business community in general should be fully informed regarding the type of student work program they are cooperating, or considering cooperating with. Descriptions of work experience and cooperative occupational education programs point out objective and participant differences. Suggestions to alleviate the problem are made.…

Directed to industrial training personnel, the article presents a brief outline concerning a logical, systematic, and realistic training tool for dealing with alcoholism which can be incorporated into management development training programs. (Author/MW)

A study was conducted to answer the following research questions: (1) to what extent is there consensus in the organizational culture on basic rules for an effective performance; (2) to what extent are there variations in rule consensus for an effective performance appraisal interview among groups within the organization; and (3) to what extent do…

Quality circles have proliferated in organizations throughout the 1980s, but their success depends on careful planning and monitoring, and on an awareness of social psychology and group dynamics. This presentation accordingly evaluates some of the assumptions of the literature on quality circles and suggests ways in which social psychology…

This document includes eight chapters and an appendix that lists abbreviations and trade union organizations at the European Community (EC) level. Chapter 1 identifies the roles of employers, employee organizations or trade unions, and system conditions in the development of vocational training policies in the European community. Chapter 2…