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Focal Point, Volume 01 Number 03, Portland State University. Regional Research Institute

Research and Training Center - Focal Point

Therapeutic Case Advocacy (TCA) is one approach to helping emotionally handicapped children and their families. It is described here as a multi-level model to improve services for this population for two reasons. First, the approach typically requires planned, coordinated activity on three levels: the child and family, the lead organization providing services, and interagency collaboration. Second, the word "model" conveys the idea of what the real thing might look like.

The model is a preliminary pattern, a plan for guiding the actual process of helping emotionally handicapped children and their families. It is not a recipe. Any actual process of …

Department Chair As Change Agent, John I. Sisco

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines the role of the department chair as a catalyst for change within academic institutions. It considers the origins of chairs—whether promoted internally, recruited from other institutions, or brought in with prior administrative experience—and how these backgrounds shape their effectiveness. The discussion distinguishes between changes typically sought by administration, such as reorganizing programs for efficiency or shifting institutional identity toward research, and those sought by faculty, including greater resources and improved recognition of departmental contributions. Emphasis is placed on setting realistic, short-term goals that engage all faculty members, thereby building momentum and visibility for the department. The article …

The Department Chair As An Agent Of Change, Edward L. Mcglone

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This essay explores the department chair’s role as an agent of change within academic institutions. It examines the nature of organizational change, highlighting that it often occurs when departments themselves are ready rather than when leaders desire it. The discussion reviews the complex and varied expectations of the chair’s position, dispelling myths about charisma, workaholism, and “honeymoon” periods as prerequisites for effectiveness. Instead, effective leadership is described as grounded in intelligence, interpersonal skill, humor, and the ability to cultivate a supportive environment. The essay emphasizes that chairs cannot enact change unilaterally but must recognize readiness, build consensus, and create conditions …

Human Resource Development: Key To Extension's Survival, Richard W. Clark

Journal of Extension

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Training On Measures Of Productivity: A Meta-Analysis Of The Findings Of Forty-Eight Experiments, Alice Susan Leddick

Dissertations

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of training on three employee productivity measures: output, withdrawal, and disruption.

A meta-analysis of forty-eight field experiments published in the United States between 1971 and 1981, inclusive, was conducted to explore differences in training effectiveness associated with eight substantive training variables (five design variables and three contextual variables) and two study design variables.

Across all studies, training programs contributed to overall improvement of experimental groups over control groups of 0.67 standard deviation. Training interventions were most successful applied to disruption; however, a shortage of data cast doubt on the reliability …

Whalesong 1987-03-30 (V.6 No.14), N/A N/A

Whalesong

No abstract provided.

Law, Ideology, And Industrial Discipline: The Conspiracy Doctrine And The Rise Of The Factory System, Raymond L. Hogler

Dickinson Law Review (1908-2003)

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Chronicle February 27, 1987, Heather M. Loughney

The University of Akron Faculty Senate Chronicle

Minutes for the regular meeting of The University of Akron Faculty Senate on February 27, 1987.

Crusader, February 27, 1987, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Pan American (1987-02), Porfirio Villarreal

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

35th Year, No. 17

35th Year, No. 18

35th Year, No. 19

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, January 29-30, 1987

Board of Trustees Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on January 29-30, 1987.

Objectives Of The Soviet Merchant Marine, James T. Sharp

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

In the years since the end of the Second World War, no aspect of merchant shipping has created greater controversy than the phenomenal growth of the merchant fleet of the Soviet Union. Starting in 1945 with a makeshift fleet that was a motley collection of obsolete vessels, ships received as reparations from the defeated Axis nations and Lend-Lease Liberty ships, the Soviets have fashioned a modern, efficient merchant marine that is currently second in the world in numbers of ships and sixth in deadweight tonnage. Employed as a powerful instrument of the Soviet state, this fleet now competes effectively with …

Accountants' Index. Thirty-Fifth Supplement, January-December 1986, Volume 2: M-Z, Linda C. Pierce, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Accountants' Index

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Minutes, June 1987 - September 1987 Meetings, Clemson University

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Summer Sessions For 1987 | Academic Calendar | Class Schedule, Stony Brook University

Summer Sessions Class Schedules

No abstract provided.

Justice And Contract In Consent Judgments, Frank H. Easterbrook

Articles

No abstract provided.

Utility Analysis: Estimating The Sdy Parameter For Accounting Supervisors, Terry P. Brownson

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Personnel decisions have the potential to influence an entire organization. The effects of these decisions are more credible and relevant when quantified. Historically, benefits were defined in correlational statistics, i.e., validity coefficients. But the increasing demand is for a bottom-line or dollar-value definition. The utility concept presents a methodology for providing the dollar value impact on performance of a personnel intervention program. One parameter of a utility analysis model is the standard deviation of job performance in dollars (SDy). This research develops a SDy value for the yearly production contribution of a first level line accounting supervisor to be used …

Wyoming Business Corporation Act: Is It Time For A Change, Kari Jo Gray, P. Olen Snider, Jr.

Land & Water Law Review

No abstract provided.

Police Civil Liability And The Law Of High Speed Pursuit, Richard G. Zevitz

Marquette Law Review

No abstract provided.

Book Review Of Judicial Conflict And Consensus-Behavioral Studies Of American Appellate Courts, Thomas P. Lewis

Constitutional Commentary, Vols 1–36 (1984–2022)

Book Review of Judicial Conflict and Consensus-Behavioral Studies of American Appellate Courts. Edited by Sheldon Goldman and Charles M. Lamb. Lexington, Ky.: The University Press of Kentucky. 1986. Pp. 294. Reviewed by: Thomas P. Lewis.

American Experiences In Organizational Change, Tao Jiang

Graduate Research Papers

Though change has been with us since the beginning of humanity, consciously seeking changes has been a major organizational process in America for only about five decades (Benne, Bennis, & Chin, 1976). What is unique about change as an organizational process in America is its level of self-consciousness and the serious efforts undertaken to study change process on the part of the organization and academe. The purpose of this paper is to examine some of the notable American efforts in the study and practice of change.

The Perceptions Of School Board Members Regarding Evaluation Designed To Measure The Effectiveness Of Local School Boards., Stephen Bennett I Morgan

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Annual Reports Of The Town Of Hudson. Hudson, New Hampshire, July 1, 1986 - June 30, 1987, For The Year Ending June 30, 1987., Hudson Town Representatives

Hudson, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Full Issue: Volume 5, Csr Editors

Clinical Sociology Review

No abstract provided.

Gestalt Research: Clinical-Field-Research Approaches To Studying Organizations, Peter Blanck, Arthur Turner

Burton Blatt Institute

The general purpose of organizational behavior as a dis­cipline is to improve useful knowledge and understand­ing of how members of real organizations actually behave. Accordingly, organizational behavior researchers need to get inside ongoing organizations to interview and observe their members at work. In this chapter, after defining and clarifying what we mean by the term clin ical field research, we discuss several important issues that researchers face in designing and conducting clinical-field-research projects. We will give examples of how the issues have been handled by previous researchers, and in addition suggest answers to some of the questions raised by critics …

The Heart And Spirit Of Transformational Leadership A Qualitative Case Study Of Herb Kelleher’S Passion For Southwest Airlines, Kevin L. Freiberg Edd

Dissertations

The notion of transformational leadership as developed by James MacGregor Burns has contributed significantly to a new consensus in the literature regarding the nature of leadership. Burns introduced the concept of transformational leadership, suggesting that leaders are individuals who transform their institutions by embracing competition and conflict, meeting the mutual goals of both leader and followers, successfully articulating their values to followers and drawing them into a common purpose and a shared vision, using power resources and politics to satisfy their followers’ needs and wants, and raising the moral aspirations of both leaders and led. While the contemporary literature on …

Scope And Features

Women's Annotated Legal Bibliography

No abstract provided.

The Administrative Organization Structure Of The Chicago Public Schools, 1837-1949, Frank Lucente

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Case Study Of A Nationally Recognized Middle School's Decentralized Participatory Governance Structure, Donna Lynn Carman

Dissertations and Theses

To effectively and substantively impact the realization of school improvement goals, there is a perceived need for the implementation of participatory processes that involve parents, patrons, students, and educators through decentralization of the planning, programming, and implementation phases. Related to this need is the pressing requirement of providing educational leaders with a greater understanding of what knowledge and skills they should possess to effectively guide and direct the implementation of decentralized participatory processes. An exploratory case study of a nationally recognized middle school's decentralized participatory structure was conducted. The purpose of this study was to provide the comprehensive context of …

Attitudes Toward And Involvement In Pharmaceutical Purchasing : A Comparison Of Hospital Chief Executive Officers And Hospital Pharmacy Directors / By Patricia Peeples Tucker, Patricia Peeples Tucker

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.