A school administrator describes her experience in developing her administrative skills at the National Association of Secondary School Principals Assessment Center. (JM)

The successful college alumni director is one who can meet the professional challenge of providing opportunities for alumni to serve their alma mater and initiating programs and functions that serve alumni. Qualifications are identified: people skills, dedication, enthusiasm, honesty, good communicator, humility, and good money management. (MLW)

The California Psychological Inventory was administered to male engineers, engineering-trained managers, and non-engineering-trained managers. Engineering managers share with other managers a preference for leadership roles but their elevation on psychological mindedness shows a more pragmatic analytical and less intuitive approach to management…

Creating the climate in which fund raising takes place is a key presidential responsibility. Trustee relations, staff supervision, budget control, program objectives and development, and effective influence are other tasks. (Author/MSE)

We need school leaders who are sincere, credible, and compassionate. They must be able to stand by difficult decisions, to place quality education above everything else, and to attain objectives while still preserving the democratic principles of equity, justice, and fairness. (Author/IRT)

Criticizes the type of inservice training and administrative supervision found in community colleges where standards are established by nonteaching administrators who are more interested in management than pedagogy. Argues that the inservice activities developed by these administrators should be monitored by discipline-oriented professional…

The effective administrator needs an understanding of planning, decision-making, communication, and professional ethics. (Author/JM)

This study compared high level managerial jobs in public and private sectors. Results indicate that managers in the public sector perform the same kind of activities as managers in the private sector in terms of complexity of job content and roles and in terms of job characteristics. (Author)

Presents a composite profile of the characteristics and career patterns of the presidents of 46 independent, nonproprietary junior colleges, focusing on sex, current age, age at appointment, highest degree held, tenure in office, and previous career experiences. Compares the characteristics of these presidents with those of other two-year college…

The school superintendency consists of a set of relatively invariant functions, or job dimensions, that differ among superintendents as to the priority or importance assigned to them because of the differing influences and circumstances under which superintendents operate. (Author/IRT)

The study examined the moderating effects that nursing supervisors' leadership styles and interpersonal needs have on changes between their pre and post-training measures of leadership attitudes and opinions. The 119 subjects were participants in a two day management development training program. Tabulated findings and implications for hospitals…

The principal described here does not exist. His character and his situation were developed by the author in order to illustrate some techniques for improving interpersonal relations in the school. (Editor/RK)

The leadership styles of three diverse groups of allied health administrators are examined along the dimensions of the Consideration and Structure scales of the Leadership Opinion Questionnaire. Results show that the allied health group prefers a leadership style that is high on Consideration and very low on Structure. (Author/HD)

Summarizes a survey of Ohio superintendents' and other administrative supervisors' perceptions of the career-threatening problems experienced by principals. Respondents were asked to rate the deficiency effect of 23 administrative competencies later grouped into 7 clusters. Principals perceived as at risk most frequently experience problems with…

Compares the role of the superintendent with that of a National Football League (NFL) referee. Both jobs require intellectual and mental preparation, calmness, and consistency. Also compares the school board role with that of NFL director of officiating and the director's evaluation team. (LMI)