The 23 chapters in this yearbook provide a review of existing theory and research in the field of school management; offer accounts of how administrators in different countries are coping with problems; and report on the progress being made in developing school management training experiences. Each chapter has been specially commissioned by specialists in various aspects of the management of schools drawn from North America, Europe, Australia, Great Britain, Africa, and South East Asia. Part 1 ("Overview") consists of "The Management of Schools" (Eric Hoyle). Part 2 ("Theoretical Perspectives") contains "Organization Theory and the Management of Schools" (Donald J. Willower); and "Politics, Power and the Management of Schools" (Peter Gronn). Part 3 ("Managerial Tasks in Schools") contains the following chapters: "Achieving Effective Schools" (Terry A. Astuto and David L. Clark); "The Management of Change" (Michael G. Fullan); "The Management of School Improvement" (Ron Glatter); "School Self-Review" (Agnes McMahon); "Instructional Management" (Steven T. Bossert); and "Staff Appraisal" (Glen Turner, Desmond Nuttall, and Philip Clift). Part 4 ("Selected Management") contains the following chapters: "Coping with Unionized Staff in the Comprehensive School: A Framework for Analysis" (Geoffrey Lyons); "The Selection and Appointment of Heads" (Colin Morgan); "Linking School and Community: Some Management Issues" (John Rennie); "School Management and Administration: An Analysis by Gender" (Patricia A. Schmuck); "The School and Occupational Stress" (A. Ross Thomas); and"School Management and Nation Building in a Newly Independent State" (O. E. Maravanyika). Part 5 ("Management Training") contains the following chapters: "Recent Trends in Management Training for Head Teachers: A European Perspective" (Tony Bailey); "Can Educational Management Learn from Industry?" (Elisabeth Al-Khalifa); "Training for School Management in the Third World: Patterns and Problems of Provision" (Paul Hurst and Susie Rodwell); "The National Development Centre for School Management Training" (Ray Bolam); "Interstudie SO: School Management Development in the Netherlands" (Kees J. M. Gielen); and "The National Institute of Educational Management, Malaysia" (Chew Tow Yow). Part 6 ("Reflections") contains "From Leadership Training to Educational Development: IMTEC as an International Experience" (Per Dalin); and "IIP 66: Source of an Operating Manual for Educational Administration on Spaceship Earth?" (William G. Walker). Part 7 contains a bibliography (Biddy Niblett and Mike Wallace) as well as biographical notes on editors and contributors, an author index, and a subject index. Each chapter contains a summary and a list of references. (MLF)