Management theories are discussed as they apply to library management and administration and to specific areas of library service. (Author/PF)

A reprint of an article, originally written in 1955. Identifies technical, human, and conceptual basic skills that every successful manager should have in varying degrees, according to the level of management at which he is operating. (Editor)

A psychological theory that holds that human beings exist at different levels of existence contains inplications for education, management and social services. (Author/KM)

This paper traces twentieth-century Unitarian Universalism to its nineteenth-century transcendentalist roots by examining the communication patterns and philosophies of its proponents. Advocates of Unitarianism defend their religious/humanistic philosophy in terms of the Constitution's First Amendment rights to freedom of speech, reflecting their…

Describes the Human Relations program for secretaries which was experimented with at the University of Northern Colorado during the 1973-74 school year. (Author/JA)

Thirty graduate students were used to test the hypothesis that group members functioning at the highest levels in interpersonal relationship skills would fill leadership roles. This hypothesis was confirmed. It was also demonstrated that Carkhuff's Systematic Human Relations Training can be an effective vehicle for such leadership training.…

The trend toward the development of the person with emphasis on perceptual awareness, psychological growth, self-actualization, nonverbal learning, and creative behavior is called synaesthetics, or humanistic education. The development of affective objectives should include not only the arts, but also the academic subjects. (JR)

Humanistic and open education advocates, who believe that there are no neutral positions nor totally independent judgements, are concerned with freeing individuals, and advocate an educational process that responds to the needs of individuals rather than one that requires conformity to a predetermined model. The rationale for similar positions…

The model teacher special education program at Wright State University (Ohio) offers training in three human relations areas: a strong sense of self awareness and knowledge on one's own potential helping skills, a realistic idea of what tasks are involved in teaching, and a realistic awareness of the makeup of the multicultural/pluralistic school…

This report serves as a guide to educational administrators by dissecting a series of representative school problems and offering suggested solutions. The problems, characterized as both administrative and human relations problems, are grouped under the headings of administrative staff, teaching staff, individual teachers, the instructional…

A college human relations course is described and evaluated, and the change and rate of change in students' attitudes toward self and others is examined. One hundred and sixty students of different backgrounds who were enrolled in five sections of a human relations course answered questions concerning self-concept and attitudes toward various…

The problem of this study was to assess the effects of a three-day residential human relations laboratory on flexibility and supervisory attitudes. An instrument constructed by Felker and Smith designed to further 'operationalize' the construct of philosophic-mindedness was used to measure flexibility. Supervisory attitudes were measured by an…

In order to investigate the effectiveness of human relations training for proctors, students of a mastery based educational psychology class were randomly assigned to be tutored by either a proctor who had received training in human relations skills or a proctor who had not. Results indicated that those tutored by the trained proctors showed…