Knowledge management requires analysis of what is necessary knowledge, who possesses it, who profits from it, and what is the role of mistakes. Successful knowledge management must acknowledge that people are the most important factor. (Contains 23 references.) (SK)

Purpose: Building on person-organisation fit and gender self-schema, this research aims to examine UK university final year students' perception of the importance of organisational attributes and their presence in three major graduate employers. This study also seeks to explore which organisational attributes attract Generation Y men and women to…

Many students recognizes the value of participating in an internship program. The experience benefits not only students and potential future employers, but colleges, too--not the mention the workforce. Internships often equip students with a competitive advantage over other job seekers. On-the-job programs not only allow students to discover the…

Over the past decade, practitioners and scholars have struggled to explain women's career choices. The current language, including "opting out," "on and off ramping," and "mommy track," is not only inadequate but assumes a deviation from an accepted norm. We challenge the relevance of the paradigm against which women are being judged, namely, the…

This author discusses the five elements in the pattern of emerging education legislation. As more states develop laws governing collective bargaining, they will look to the states that have blazed the way, as outlined here. (Editor)

Outlined are 10 management factors (motivation, opportunity, training, honesty, evaluation, reward, help, objectives, obligation, diversity) and 10 employee factors (performance, attitude, teachical ability, responsibility, integrity, originality, tenacity, initiative, sincerity, and maturity) necessary for a successful management development…

Recent books, articles, and bibliographies on faculty collective bargaining, and sources of additional assistance. (Editor)

The safety training programs in the Turner and Newall companies are briefly explained, and employer responsibility in providing such training is stressed. (AG)

Mechanization offers management an increase in production and a decrease in costs. Workers are offered more freedom from routine and dangerous jobs and, in some cases, more money and job upgrading. (Author)

This paper is a comparison of traditional and modern school management techniques for use by principals. The traditional is represented by the management style of The Wizard of Oz, the modern by five goals of what is termed "school-based management." The five goals, discussed in detail, include giving lower-level employees as much…

SEVEN NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENTS WORK TOGETHER TO SEE THAT THE MIGRANT IS TREATED FAIRLY AND HUMANELY IN THE AREAS OF HEALTH, HOUSING, CHILD CARE, EDUCATION, LABOR CONDITIONS, SAFETY, AND EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONS. AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE GUIDES THE EFFORTS OF THE DEPARTMENTS. THE AGENCIES WORK WITH A BODY OF STATE LAW WHICH IS UPDATED…

The Federal Wage Garnishment Law limits the amount of an employee's disposable earnings which may be garnisheed in any one week, and protects him from discharge because of garnishment for any one indebtedness. Coverage of the garnishment law, an explanation of garnishment, wages subject to garnishment, and restrictions on the garnishment amount…

The opinion of the author as a college trustee who has been involved in collective bargaining is presented in this speech on the problems of collective bargaining. (SGM)