A three-day training course in delegating provides an analysis of the principles involved, simulates many inherent difficulties, and provides feedback to junior managers who are learning how to delegate tasks and responsibilities to subordinates. (AJ)

Describes research conducted at the Manchester Institute of Science and Technology about the changing nature of personnel management. The authors found that training has become an easy target for economies at times of economic stringency and is not being vigorously defended by the senior personnel managers within whose functions it is located. (CT)

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…

Despite increased attention to learning within the workplace and investigation into the distribution and nature of learning-related activities, how these trends have impacted the role of human resource (HR) professionals has been less extensively examined. Studies examining their role indicate that HR development (HRD) positions name traditional…

Coastline Community College has developed a series of guides to assist adults who wish to obtain college credit or advanced standing in evaluating and verifying their non-college learning experiences. This guide lists the competency requirements of seven courses in the Personnel Associate program: Employee Selection and Placement, Special Services…