This learning module, which is part of a management and supervisor training program for managers and supervisors employed at the Department of Energy's Waste Isolation Division, is designed to teach trainees to apply conduct of operations principles to their area(s) of responsibility. The following topics are covered in the module's individual sections: teamwork; operations organization and administration; shift routines and operating practices; work area activities; communications; control of on-the-job training; investigation of abnormal events; notifications; control of equipment and systems status; lockouts and tagouts; independent verification; log keeping; operations turnover; operations aspects of facility chemistry; required reading; timely orders to operators; operations procedures; operator aid postings; and equipment and piping labeling. Each section includes some or all of the following: enabling objectives, an exercise requiring trainees to evaluate a manager's effectiveness in a given scenario, and lists of good practices and practices to avoid. Concluding the module are a list of "smart moves," 22-item reference list, practice test, and test answers. Appended is the phonetic alphabet. (MN)