Suggests that symbolic acts of power (threats and promises) in the context of conflict resolution are within the domain of rhetorical study, and that their consideration refocuses the attention given to invention, strategic choices, and ethical questions. (PD)

Examined are the concept and results of collegiality in university governance. Problems are pinpointed that suggest a need for significant changes in the decision-making process. Modifications are proposed that would make university decision making more efficient and effective. (MSE)

Identifies and discusses changes since 1960 in the science education curriculum in Australian schools in light of two perspectives--individual teachers and their students as the agents of curriculum implementation, and the schooling system as an instrument of a society and as the focus of many countervailing social demands. (DB)

An outline of the French electoral system covers the voters and their voting rights, assembly seats and candidates, political campaigning, allocation of assembly seats, balloting system, and recent coalitions. Election results for a bibliography are appended. (MSE)

Evaluation of leadership is a central task in organizational consultation, but too often ignores the relationship between task definition and administrative structure, and the availability of scarce resources. A systems approach focuses on the reciprocal impact of individual psychodynamics and organizational characteristics on leadership…

The history of excluding supervisory employees from National Labor Relations Board protection is traced and the Yeshiva University case and implications for higher education are outlined. It is concluded that further court action is needed so as not to further undermine the university's effectiveness. (Journal availability: Ohio N. Univ. Law…

Five models commonly used to analyze change in the Swedish higher education system are described, and a sixth model related more to public administration than to education is proposed. The public administration model approaches higher education as a system of institutions interrelated by an authority structure, a relationship not fully considered…

A review of recent research studies suggests that the dominant pattern of decision making and action taking in the Chicano family is not male-dominated and authoritarian but egalitarian. Husband and wife share in decision making and in the performance of household tasks and child care. Sex role segregation is rare. (Author/BEF)

Rogers proposes that counselors give away their personal power in order to empower their clients, a political approach which is traditionally feminine. Presently, however, women counselors may have more difficulty than men counselors in relinquishing their newly acquired and hard-won personal power. (Author)

Married Australian couples possessing heterogeneous values involving religious principles and family relationship v vocational priorities were disadvantaged when solving problems for which such values were relevant. Data indicated that effects of dyad authority role expectations and value patterns were modified upon interaction by sex and…

Questions the role of the state in the post World War II international system. Topics discussed include alteration of relations between states due to nuclear weapons technology, the growth of nationalism, human rights movements, multinational corporations, and the role of nonstate actors. (DB)

Administrative responsibility and structure in higher education are discussed in terms of the conflict between the bureaucratic and professional lines of authority. Recommendations for increased communication, flexibility, and delegation of authority are offered. (JMF)

Suggests techniques English teachers can use in responding to the back-to-basics movement by examining social class memberships and power relationships that accompany language behavior. (DD)

This research is an effort to analyze the process of organizational change as it takes place within one segment of the public administration mechanism in Venezuela--The Ministry of Education. (Editor/RK)

Describes how black culture is perverted and misrepresented to serve the interests of white supremacy and suggests strategies for remedying the situation. (DD)