This report is comprised of brief summaries of various research-based and theoretical concepts and techniques--taken mostly from business management--that might improve educational administration. The topics discussed include (1) a list of successful business practices identified by the book, "In Search of Excellence"; (2) Theories X, Y, and Z, which distinguish modes of relationship between organizations and their personnel; (3) "management by walking around"; (4) one-minute praise or reprimands for employees, as suggested by the book, "The One Minute Manager"; (5) leadership styles that adapt to employees' varying "maturity levels"; (6) quality circles; (7) organizational transformation--working to realize a vision "through clearly articulated humanistic values"; and (8) participatory research, in which respondents help define the questions. A bibliography is included. (MCG)