The study of communication is important, because every administrative function and activity involves some form of direct or indirect communication. Whether planning and organizing or leading and …
Nonverbal communication comes in many forms. The four kinds of nonverbal communication are kinesics, proxemics, paralanguage, and chronemics (Hickson, 2010). They are important topics for …
A basketball bracket pool; and your secretary may tell you a funny story. From these examples, it is easy to distinguish between two basic types of communication that occur in school organizations: formal …
Organizational development (OD) is a set of planned-change techniques or interventions designed to improve organizational effectiveness and employee well-being (Balzac, 2011). This definition implies …
Presidents Kennedy, Reagan, and Clinton relied on personal persuasion and were able to sway the nation as a whole, as well as Congress, business, and labor, by charisma and communication. …
ABSTRACT There are a number of fundamental questions that help determine the development and implementation of a plan for instruction. Regardless of definition or approach, curriculum can be …
ABSTRACT Although functions vary by locality and school size, the principal is primarily responsible for administering all aspects of a school’s operations. In this article, I discuss what principal’s actually do …
Mutual adjustment exists when work is coordinated through informal communication. Mutual adjustment or coordination is the major thrust of Likert’s (1987) “linking-pin” concept.
School leaders also can use specific tactics for overcoming resistance to change including education and communication, participation and involvement, facilitation and support, negotiation and …
Furthermore, goal setting is the underlying explanation for all major theories of work motivation—whether that be Vroom’s (1994) VIE theory, Maslow’s (1970) or Herzberg’s (2009) …