Discusses three guidelines that can help managers through the maze of communication planning and execution: (1) be honest, open and accessible; (2) be prepared; and (3) be flexible. Outlines three communication "challenges" involving BFGoodrich that illustrate these guidelines. (RS)

Creativity is undermined unintentionally every day in work environments that were established to maximize business imperatives such as coordination, productivity, and control. Organizations must make a concerted effort to get rid of creativity killers and be truly innovative so that creativity not only survives but thrives. (Author/JOW)

Argues that theories of management and administration should be put into practice in the same academic institutions in which they were born, as they have the same applicability for college administrators as corporate managers. (DMM)

Principles of effective management commonly violated by educational institutions include: (1) unity of command; (2) division or specialization of labor; (3) delegation of authority; and (4) authority equal to responsibility. (JMF)

Considers some of the negative implications of using a business model for the university, which treats students as customers and education as mass production. (SJL)

Outlines 15 time-saving strategies for busy school administrators, such as goal and priority setting, bunching (clustering similar activities), chunking (breaking down complex tasks into more manageable parts), pursuing brevity, setting deadlines, delegating, eliminating time wasters, preparing strategic plans, saying no, hiding out, and…

Exploding in anger has its charm, though putting sand in the social oil is not simple. Rudeness, like celebrity deaths, comes in threes: daily, demented, and inspired. Administrators should be forewarned: rudeness is effective only when coming from power. Powerless rude people are called nuts; powerful rude people are deemed eccentric. (MLH)

Provides a review of the key ethical theories and relevant empirical research relating to the practice of human performance technology. Topics addressed include ethics, morals, business ethics, ethics officers, empiricism versus normative ethical theory, consequentialism, utilitarianism, nonconsequentialism, Kohlberg model of cognitive moral…

Drawing on management theory, this article explores the costs, benefits, and sources of organizational conflict in the academic library context. Five responses to conflict (using power, avoiding, accommodating, compromising, and problem solving) are described, and guidelines for using problem solving to manage conflict effectively are offered. (14…

A review of the subject index for "School Business Affairs" during 1990-94 reveals that only two articles have been published over the past five years exclusively on the subject of ethics. Lists the ASBO International's Code of Ethics and how organizations can move from a code of ethics to incorporating them into daily professional…

This article notes that art education is suffering in the current financial crisis because it is erroneously viewed as (1) fun and, therefore, not educational and (2) geared toward only the artistically talented. Listed are 12 components identified by a state supervisor as common to successful school art programs. (SJL)

This series of six articles suggest ways vocational agriculture instructors can (1) delegate tasks to students and others, (2) organize daily activities in a priority manner to allow for the accomplishment of planned tasks, and (3) eliminate time wasting tasks. (LRA)

Describes a rating form that can be used as a starting point to determine how well time is being managed. Suggests a priority system to be used for planning work activities. (LRA)

In an era of increased public demands on schools and school leaders, reliance on values and principles is essential. Principals also need vision that comes from meditation and knowledge derived from building high quality educational programs for all American youth. The goal is helping each individual progress and find self-fulfillment in a free…

Public administration is at risk of losing its theoretical distinctiveness based on public law, leaving it vulnerable to advocates of the entrepreneurial management model. Administrative principles rooted in law can accommodate useful contemporary management concepts without compromising accountable public sector management. (SK)