This book was written primarily for men in management positions in American organizations. It is also intended to serve as a guide to all instructors and students of management institutions from two-year community colleges through graduate schools. It is divided into nine chapters. Chapter 1 includes a study of the personal characteristics of…

The objective of the study was to identify the characteristics of the superior, the subordinate, and the situation which were related to the manner in which the "Management by Objectives" (MBO) process is carried out. Data collected from 112 managers in a national industrial firm was used in the analysis. Previous research with this data had…

This handbook describes the history, objectives and operations of the Resource Development Internship Project (RDIP), a project designed to simultaneously strengthen the educational process and increase the number of skilled personnel working on development problems by placing upper division and graduate students--students who already have the…

This institute was designed to develop in participants attitudes that are student-oriented and reflect a sensitivity to the social, educational, cultural and financial problems that are particularly acute for minority/poverty students. The program also attempted to provide participants with a working knowledge of funding sources, program…

In order to keep abreast of the demands of the modern age, small colleges are turning to new forms of decisionmaking through the use of management information systems. Such systems are used for not only administrative purposes, but for research and instructional purposes as well. Six major options are presently available to small colleges…

This document presents the speeches and programs that comprised the 48th Annual Conference of the Associations of College Unions-International. The conference was divided into 6 major parts. The first part was concerned with the administrative organization of the college union, taking into consideration the student-faculty partnership organization…

This paper describes the objectives, policies, and procedures of the College of DuPage's Administrative Internship Program, whereby faculty members can gain broad administrative experience in key administrative areas of the college. The program seeks not only to broaden the experience of the individual intern, but to promote empathy among faculty…

A college president challenges personnel administrators to play a leadership role in human resource management. Notes the need for career development programs for middle managers particularly and recommends an organizational development approach to faculty and staff career development. (JT)

Summarizes major theories and research approaches to leadership (leader characteristics, single-approach leadership models, and multivariate models) and describes their application to the University of Illinois 1-week management development seminars, which emphasize individual participation in philosophy of leadership, organizational analysis, and…

International relations in general are bound to be enhanced when management, sales, and technical personnel can manage cultural differences within the world marketplace. (Author)

The 1978 Civil Service Reform Act mandates federal executive development. Training policies will change because executive development is now part of the management-oriented Senior Executive Service, which will implement a performance evaluation system. Implications for the employee development community concern program expansion, funding and…

Presents an exercise based on six life stages discussed in "Passages" relative to four common training and development roles. Reviews the exercise and explores three roles: internal trainer, internal consultant, and training/development manager. Actions and questions consonant with the role at each life stage are suggested. (CSS)

Describes the humanities component of the Management and Supervision Development program at Clinton Community College (Iowa) which leads to either an associate or certificate degree and offers instruction in the theories of marketing and distribution, labor problems, communications, government and its role in business, and industrial psychology.…

Reviews organizational development as a management system, stating that a content-oriented or task-requirements approach may be an appropriate intervention to help managers learn process training. Suggests a career development or management system study by a consultant for organizational development training. (MF)

Reports highlights of the American Society for Training and Development's (ASTD) professional development study to develop a model of professional roles and competencies for ASTD members. Members' ratings of trainer activities were used to construct role models for professional trainers. (M F)