This study attempts to analyze and compare the structure of influence in two rural communities in southern Ohio with population centers of less than 10,000 inhabitants. (For a study of one of the communities only, see AC 010 451.) The two communities are studied as to reputed influentials, the business and economic subsystem, the civic…

The structure of influence in a community is the ordering and patterning of the interaction within a system based on the element power (influence) and all other elements as they relate to the use of influence within the social system. The structure of influence in a rural community, Riverview (a pseudonym for the town), Ohio, was analyzed, using…

Identifying the powerful and influential members of a department and aligning with them is demonstrated as an effective means of achieving advancement. New faculty members must be prepared to create as well as take advantage of opportunities for advancement. (JMF)

This article is a response from James Cain, Greene County (Ohio) Commissioner, concerning an August 1978 journal article on the adoption of an Indian position by the National Association of Counties ("NAC Adopts Indian Platform"). (Editor/RTS)

Describes the stratification position of women as generally more complex than that of men, because of class distinction of organizational power. Asserts that many women, in presenting the front-stage image of an organization, in performing considerable surplus domestic labor, and in employment and leisure activities, are involved primarily in…

The author states that the movement to increase discipline and detail in post-Freirean adult education may ultimately reduce it to reproducing the status quo. He argues that empowerment and power are opposing concepts and that adult educators must oppose the systemizing of adult education if they hope to effect social change. (CH)

Shifts in the expectations of the public, in the practice of medicine, and in the state of the art of health education call for an examination of the nature of the relationship between the health education and medical professions. This article examines a number of issues related to these shifts and discusses the potential and pitfalls of this…

Contends that NEA and AFT have demonstrated that merger is not necessary for teacher unity on a political objective, but that the power of merged teacher organizations in the States could increase measurably in a full State funding situation. (Author)

Discussion of Medvedev's Let History Judge'' (New York: Knopf, 1971), an account of Stalin's role in the history of the Soviet Union. (RS)

Author discusses the nature of structure and identifies three kinds of academic structures: administrative hierarchy, collegial structure, and the curricular structure. (CB)

In white professional organizations, black scholars cannot afford to operate only in separate in-groups. They must assert themselves in realistic ways that will affect structures of power to the extent that their efforts will affect goals, objectives, and postures of white professional organizations; they must also assume power. (Author/DR)

Political activities in Latin America and their cultural bases are discussed. (CK)

Papers by E. H. Olson (The Netherlands), C. Gilbert Wren (Great Britain) Walter F. Johnson (India and Thailand). Joseph C. Bentley (Latin America), and Robert L. Wren (United States) on the changing university student and his role in governance. Presented at APGA, Detroit 1968. (CJ)

Organization development (OD) is a new and fundamental concept of an organization as an inclusive system for the application of systematic development steps. (NL)