This annotated bibliography is intended to help local officials, community leaders, and other interested individuals understand the ways in which volunteers can serve community organizations. Each of the individual publications/resources cited is concerned with volunteer leadership, management, training, recruitment, programs, and/or sources. The…

The general aim of this book is to provide a focussed discussion on decentralization and school-based management. In part 1, chapter 1, some problems, anticipations, and a recommendation concerning decentralization are presented. In part 2, chapters 2 through 6 review literature about the structural view of organizations, rationality and…

This study investigated differences in academic achievement between undergraduate students involved with Greek organizations and undergraduate students independent of Greek organizations. Subjects (N=593) were undergraduate students at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky in the fall semester of 1990, subdivided by sex, Greek status…

Briefly describes the processes that led to the production of a staff manual and assesses some of the early results of having one. The manual was seen as a way of aiding communication and of helping create an open participative community in the school. (Author/IRT)

The innovating secondary school head is seldom a thrusting, entrepreneurial, autocratic initiator; whether informally or formally, he relies more on his influence as a professional than on bureaucratic power to command; increasingly he is a promoter of participation, a catalyst of cooperation. (Author/IRT)

Available from: Department of Administration, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E1. Forty cents. Organizational technology conceptualizes the way the work of an organization is actually performed, as distinct from the way the organization is administered. (Author/WM)

This study examined contextual and structural variables of 23 community, private, and agricultural colleges and technological institutes in Alberta and British Columbia. The Aston methodology employed discriminated structural differences in the four groups. (Author/WM)

The focus of this paper is the U.S. section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (US WILPF) and its efforts to mobilize an activist and durable women's peace reform organization in the 1930s. Members wished US WILPF to serve as an avenue for expanding women's political power and for reaching the goals of nonviolent change and…

Interest in the rural context of education is growing, and connections between education and the wider rural community are increasingly acknowledged to be important. Hundreds of organizations were contacted to update this directory, which provides recent information on programs, organizations, and resources useful to practitioners, policymakers,…

The kind of life led by retired faculty and the benefits of belonging to an Emeritus College are discussed. It is suggested that most retired faculty continue to reside in the communities where they spent many years working. They may use the college library and attend functions at the college. They are candidates for the unique organization that…

To describe what has been learned about craft membership organizations is the goal of this research report, which utilizes data collected in a nationwide survey of craft organizations. Specific purposes of the study were aimed at developing a better understanding of U.S. craft artists and organizations. Findings indicated that a typical craft…

Examines the present and future roles of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) and seeks to acquaint the membership with actions that have been taken by the AIBS for their benefit. (JR)

Article discusses hierarchy and its implications for designing effective management information systems for educational organizations. (Author)

Presented is an historical summary of the founding and development of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST). Included are listings of NARST charter members and past presidents. (SL)

(Available from Buckeye Association of School Administrators, 750 Brooksedge Blvd., Westerville, Ohio 43081)