Argues that management training is a cost-effective tool for improving company profit, innovation, and performance. Describes how large and small companies have implemented and used management training. (CH)

Reports on the cost effectiveness of supported competitive employment of 214 moderately or severely retarded persons over an eight-year period. Results showed that for every $1 of public tax money, consumers earned an average $1.24. Results also showed a taxpayer benefit-cost index of less than $1 during the first two years and close to $3 the…

This article reviews experiences in the United States over the past 15 years in developing standards to guide and assess the work of professional evaluators. It introduces the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation's "Program Evaluation Standards" and overviews the Committee's project to develop "Educational…

Compared 40 matched pairs of patients discharged from acute care to either nursing homes or to Hawaii's geriatric foster family care program. Foster family patients showed more improvement in well-being and mobility and equal improvement in activities of daily living skills. The cost of foster family care was 61% that of nursing home care.…

This final article in a series on identification of cost/benefits data, formulation of models, and data collection discusses use of cost/benefits analysis results. The following issues are addressed: how to be prepared for study objections; how to increase understanding of your study; and viewing cost/benefit analysis as an iterative activity.…

Discusses various elements of effectiveness in industrial training: the favorable image surrounding training, ease with which employees can enroll for courses, training as a tool of personal development, the evolution of training departments into professional staff units, and budgets. The efforts of training department management are also…

This paper evaluates four selection procedures for hiring school principals. These procedures (interviews, assessment center, selected assessment center exercises, and paper and pencil inventories) were compared in terms of validity, processing costs, and dollar gain expected from implementation. The selected assessment center exercises were found…

A voluntary program in Ontario encourages the private sector to reduce its energy consumption in commercial buildings by experimenting with innovative building operation techniques. Charts and tables illustrate the outstanding results achieved by program participants. Yearly energy management forums are convened in Toronto and Ottawa. (MLF)

Reviews attempts by Library of Congress in the 1940s to resolve the cataloging crisis that preceded changes in cataloging rules in the 1950s and 1960s. Recommendations of an unpublished report on reorganization, simplified cataloging, cooperative cataloging, personnel policy, and cost analysis changes are examined, and results of implementation…

Uses the example of obtaining an annual report for a special library to demonstrate that the same information is available in different locations, using different technologies, and at different costs. The importance of the management and cost-effective use of new information technologies as one of librarians' primary responsibilities is stressed.…

A survey of 13 school of nursing faculty members and service agency staff nurses revealed each group's perceptions of the costs and benefits of having student nurses gain work experience in service agencies through practicums. Results indicated that service agencies benefit at a 2 to 1 ratio from student participation. (CH)

This checklist provides guidance on how to measure adequacy of control and security of computer systems, identifies areas of risk, raises management and user awareness of their stewardship responsibilities, and reviews issues relative to system documentation, maintenance, integrity, and reliability. (MBR)

A survey of 19 British companies documented their use of education and training programs. Questions covered such areas as (1) expenditure rates, (2) strategy and policies, (3) appraisal and budgeting, and (4) accounting practice. Problems and potential changes were solicited. (CH)

Besides redistricting problems engendered by higher elementary school enrollments (and decreasing secondary enrollments), school administrators face student transport challenges. Acquiring new routes and larger buses could be costly. This article advances computerized systems as the most cost-effective way to optimize routes and manage…

Describes residential conference centers, types of center programming, staffing and organization, financial operation of the centers, physical facilities, how technology and electronics have changed the centers, and the effect of competition. (CT)