Discusses effective oral communication as a prime requisite for business management success. Both speaking and listening skills are needed to encourage intercommunication, invite feedback, respond to other opinions, and solicit participation to contribute to the manager's decisions for organizational action. (MF)

Emphasizes return to fundamentals and basic results-oriented leadership ingredients. Suggests that effective leaders let people know what is expected, establish/maintain high performance expectation, let people know where they stand, employ broad-based communication, create a supportive climate, learn how to delegate, and establish viable…

The trend toward increased utilization of educational opportunities by workers is examined as part of the major change in American working life that consists of an increased demand for employment-related education, job satisfaction, personal growth, and career mobility. (TA)

Discusses some elements which contribute to the rising concern for occupational mental health and directions that can be taken by firms, companies, etc., to provide health-promoting work environments for their employees. (TA)

In Emporium Capwell Co. v. Western Addition Community Organization, the Supreme Court held that concerted activities by a group of minority employees attempting to bargain collectively with their employer over allegedly racially discriminatory employment practices would not be protected by the NLRA. Implications are discussed. For journal…

Examines how mothers who are employed in student affairs positions balance the responsibilities of work and family. Investigated such issues as planning skills, support from supervisors and subordinates, flexible work environments, a lack of role models, changing ambitions and career goals, child care, spousal support, and improved efficiency and…

Interviewed 373 employers to assess their attitudes toward hiring persons with psychiatric disability. Concentrated on four major areas: symptomatology, work personality, work performance, and administrative concerns. Results suggested that employers differ in their level of concern based on industry type. Discusses implications for vocational…

Interviews with 20 branch managers and 20 accountants in an Australian bank determined factors influencing the success of an employee assistance program (EAP). It was found that policies requiring supervisors to act against normal managerial practice doom EAPs to failure. Organizational analysis to integrate the EAP within existing organizational…

Surveyed personnel managers (N=127) to learn more about the prevalence of employee drug use and employer substance abuse programs. Results indicated companies' responses to the drug problem included drug use policies, drug education, employee assistance programs, and drug testing. Recommendations based on findings are discussed. (Author/TE)

The hostile and suspicion-laden relationship between management and the faculty union of Ontario's 22 Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology is chronicled and the evolution of this relationship is interpreted in terms of British industrial relations theory. (MSE)

Describes employment concerns of learning-disabled persons and suggests strategies to assist them in interacting more effectively with employers. Presents additional intervention strategies for rehabilitation counselors and placement specialists working with learning-disabled clients. (Author/CM)

Considers ways in which community colleges can help employers implement programs to improve the work environment and retain trained workers. Presents a model for employee retention that has worked effectively in Pueblo, Colorado. Describes Pueblo Community College's cooperative program with the Wats Marketing Group to help reduce employee…

A survey of campus publications directors and designers in a variety of institutions concerning the transition to computerized publication design revealed some common problems regarding staff relations, training needs and considerations, retention of some traditional methods, and cost effectiveness. Suggestions for minimizing them are made. (MSE)

This article argues that collective bargaining has affected, and has been affected by, pressures from the educational reform movement to include teachers in the formulation of educational policies and programs. (TE)

Survey responses from a national sample of 1,195 nonunion, nonfarm workers suggest that corporations legitimize themselves by appealing to occupational identities of high-status workers, whereas unions legitimize themselves by appealing to social background identities (ethnic, racial, and gender identities) of low-status workers. Prounion…