The corporate planner must be a motivator and an agent of change. The most elaborate planning system is useless if the people who will have to supply the necessary data and who should cooperate to attain the objectives are not fully motivated. In short, the corporate planner is required to be a good politician. (Author)

The purpose of the study is to build upon previous theory and research on the concept of authority and to relate this knowledge to current practice in the public schools. (Author/RK)

Strategy involved in procuring support for environmental issues and action is highlighted. To accomplish this, it is essential the public know the underlying attitudes of those whom they seek to influence, the sources of information which shape these attitudes, and the sources on which they rely for forming policy. (BL)

Traditional society, viewed as static with little differentiation or specialization as well as low levels of urbanization and literacy, and modern society, characterized as having thorough differentiation, urbanization, literacy, and exposure to mass media, are examined in situations of change as different models of social and political order…

Compares university governance in the U.S., Great Britain and Australia. (HS)

This paper focuses on a comparison of two models, with special attention to the ways in which authority and peer relations are viewed. The need for theoretical and technical amalgamation to advance our understanding of group phenomena is stressed. A comment by James Crowfoot, University of Michigan follows. (Author)

Taken from address given at fifty-seventh annual meeting of the American Association of University Professors in Philadelphia, April 16, 1971. (IR)

Discusses two kinds of power, position power and personal power, then examines the use of both in varying situations. Examines various levels of change, from knowledge and attitude, to individual behavior and organizational performance, which are then analyzed in terms of two change cycles-participative and coerced. (Author)

This paper examines the deterrent value of the actual use of force and the implied deterrent of its threat, as well as the outside supports of the use of force in the family. The role of force in socialization is discussed. (Author)

Explains the formation and activities of a student school board of education in the Santa Barbara high school district. (LN)

The confrontation techniques used by today's student protesters to bring about change have often proved damaging to higher education. (Editor)

Describes part of an experimental program to upgrade educational standards in rural south central Indiana. The counselor's lack of identification with the school power structure assisted him greatly in communication with teachers and in establishing effective counseling conditions for students. (Author)

Effective leadership is dependent upon knowledge of informal power structures which can often assist in attaining group goals. (Editor)

Presents collective negotiations in local school districts as inestricably entwined with the political system in which the schools function. Discusses how the structure of the political system will affect the negotiations process, and in the light of the arguments presented, offers suggestions for school superintendents and board members as they…