Potential administrative cost items involved in collective bargaining are listed with comments and suggestions for dealing with them (e.g. experienced labor counsel for unit determination hearings and decisions). Suggestions for handling six major areas of impact on personnel administrative structure and decision-making are also included. (JT)

The personnel function of top management is examined by first studying the environment in which top management functions. The basic skills required to perform the function are discussed. Against this background, six elements of personnel management in colleges and universities are considered: goals and objectives, organization for personnel…

This speech discusses the role of the chief personnel administrator, describes challenges that these administrators faced in the 60s, and outlines principles under which the personnel function should operate. Fifteen principles are considered by the author to delineate the responsibilities of chief school administrators and to provide the…

It is in the public interest to provide statutory checks on the excessive power abruptly attained by teachers' unions. (Author)

Suggests that organizations, instead of forcing women into the common mold, ought to institute policies recognizing that each person contributes uniqueness that can enhance the corporation. (Author/JM)

Components of an effective human resource management function are identified and the position a personnel administrator must hold in the organizational structure in order to provide these services is discussed. Functions include personnel selection, institutional research and human resource planning, human resource development, and labor…

This article examines what risk management is, how the personnel officer can impact risk management, and personnel officer responsibilities for risk management. It is concluded that the time, effort, and commitment required of the personnel director to implement an employee risk management program is well spent to save (scarce) human and financial…

As the first in a series, this reexamination of a 1954 personnel study focuses on trends in job evaluation procedures since the early 1950's, specifically dealing with municipalities. The six topical units discussed in this monograph are: (1) a history of job evaluation in municipalities, (2) methods used in securing the cooperation of supervisors…

This document presents findings of a study that investigated the roles and functions of school-personnel administrators in the United States and Canada. Surveys were mailed to four groups--Canadian school district superintendents, county office of education superintendents, superintendents of educational service agencies, and American school…

This speech discusses the roles of the superintendent and the chief personnel administrator. The author describes and then applies these roles to (1) employment and placement, (2) evaluation and followup, (3) collective bargaining, and (4) administrative leadership development. The author stresses the importance of the superintendent and the chief…

As women become increasingly better qualified for management positions, the significant effects of organizational ambience on women's advancement are becoming clearer. (Author/JM)

Stewardship is the name given to a theory and model for educational leadership and administration developed by the Department of Educational Administration at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. In the stewardship theory, the job of the personnel administrator is to make it safe for others to find their own best ways of doing things to…

FROM BOTH PRESENT AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES, TWO PAPERS ATTEMPT TO ASSESS AND PREDICT THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATOR OR DIRECTOR. THE ROLE IS DEFINED AS IT RELATES BOTH TO THE MORE TRADITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF A GENERALIST AND TO THE MORE SPECIALIZED RESPONSIBILITIES OF AN EXPERT. FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION ARE…

With a major portion of all community college budgets being spent on personnel and related costs and with personnel management becoming extremely complex, new approaches toward human resources management are crucial to the continuing vitality of community colleges. Advocates centralization of human resource services and mainstreaming academic…

The Program for Educational Opportunity, an institute based at the University of Michigan and established by the Office of Education pursuant to Title IV of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, is designed to assist school districts in the process of desegregation. The Program annually conducts a series of conferences. The Conference on The Personnel…