The organization and administration of a university or college physical plant department is dealt with specifically. The following aspects of a good physical plant department are discussed--(1) leadership, (2) organization, (3) communications, (4) budgetary support, (5) facilities and equipment, (6) skill of personnel, (7) design to serve, (8)…

Intended as a directory to the International Federation for Documentation (FID), this yearbook lists the administrative organs and personnel of FID, the various national and international affiliates of the organization, and the FID technical committees and working groups. FID's relations with other library and documentation organizations are also…

One of a series of monographs on college unions, this publication focuses on the administration and operation of college unions in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. The seven general areas covered by this survey are: (1) Physical plant, (2) Organizational structure, (3) Professional staff, (4) Financial operation of the…

This paper discusses a set of concepts which have been developed for the analysis of the organization and administrative problems which confront sheltered workshops. The concept of systems analysis is introduced to examine the activities of the workshop and to indicate the manner in which the conceptual framework developed may be applied to…

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between those aspects of bureaucratic organization which could foster professionalism and those which could hinder professionalism among television journalists. Two existing scales, one dealing with self-perceived professionalism and the other a self-report of bureaucratic features at…

This report on the relationship of a complex organization (such as a big-city school system) to its environment critiques the theory and method developed by Paul R. Lawrence and Jay W. Lorsch for analyzing this relationship. To test their approach to organizational analysis, the author conducted a research project in a large urban school system.…

This report is based on a study of a few of the multidisciplinary enviromental programs in over 30 universities. The study was undertaken to discover what kind of programs have been tried, which ones have been successful, and how the federal government might encourage effective interdisciplinary problem-focused programs. The report reviews the…

This position paper details the AFT's opposition to vertical staffing patterns which create salary differentials based on different "levels" of responsibility and thus foster disunity among teachers. It supports, rather, the concept of horizontally differentiated roles and responsibilities, which bases extra salaries upon the union principle of…

This paper embodies three presentations given at a panel discussion on organizing, planning, and managing the local school district. The first presentation on comprehensive planning for change draws a distinction between "a priori" and "a posteriori" planning and relates these two types of planning in coping with school…

THIS DIRECTORY DESCRIBES, IN FRENCH, THE STRUCTURE, OBJECTIVES, ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS, AFFILIATIONS, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, AND PUBLICATIONS OF 62 ADULT EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS SERVING FRENCH-SPEAKING CANADA. IT INCLUDES DATA ON TYPE OF ORGANIZATION OR INSTITUTION, SCOPE OF ACTIVITY, REGION (WHERE SPECIFIED), FINANCIAL SUPPORT,…

Resolutions are adopted in eleven areas such as civil rights, higher education, foreign affairs, housing, internal affairs, labor and industry, political action, youth work, armed services and veterans affairs, and hospital, health, and social welfare. (AM)

Part III of the Directory of Programs and Services for the Deaf in the United States consists of information on social and recreational groups and programs, civic services, and clinical and evaluative programs and services. (LS)

Most breakdowns in communications are the result of the quest for power on behalf of organization members, not the result of poor communications training. Organizational power may be accrued by withholding information, sabotaging communications, refusing to communicate bad news to superiors, and avoiding confrontations by not communicating at all.…

The paradigm of a future global society may already exist in a nonbureaucratic organization structure called a Segmented Polycephalous Network (SPN). A SPN consists of autonomous segments with horizontal linkages, multiple leaders, and a common ideology. Grass roots movements and multinational corporations are examples. (SJL)

The origins and activities of various private environmental organizations in preserving, conserving and maintaining our natural resources are highlighted. (MR)