Describes job performance counseling as a major part of a manager's job. Examines three types: disciplinary counseling, grievance counseling, and performance appraisal. (SK)

Experimental studies were conducted in two unions to examine the effects of perceptual variables--reactance and intentionality attributions--on the intent to seek redress from management action. Based on participants' responses to a series of vignettes, both studies demonstrated that greater threat and dispositional attributions provoked stronger…

One of the thorniest problems related to negotiations is the dilemma of the principal--his perception of his changing power potential and his relationships with staff members as well as the implications of contract administration for his relationship to the administrative hierarchy. (Author/IRT)

This brief paper is intended, not to provide legal advice, but to alert foster parents to some of the key legal issues affecting their role in decision-making for the foster child. Contents discuss foster parents' access to adequate information concerning their foster children and their right to pursue grievances, resist agency decisions to remove…

This pamphlet deals with the procedures involved and the rights of Chicago public school students in cases of school suspension. Issues covered include: (1) reasons for which students may be suspended; (2) what a school must do in order to suspend a student; (3) what a student should do if he has been suspended; and (4) students' rights regarding…

Contained in this document is the agreement between the State of New York and the United University Professions, Incorporated. The duration of the agreement is from July 1, 1974 through June 30, 1976. Articles of the agreement cover: academic freedom; grievance procedures; employee organization leave; discipline; travel allowance; sabbatical…

This agreement, entered into on July 8, 1974, will continue in effect until June 30, 1975. Articles of the agreement cover: association rights; academic conditions; personnel files; faculty concerns; department organization and duties; grievance procedures; management rights; fringe benefits; and salaries. Additional material includes the school…

The goal of this study was to describe and assess the impact of collective bargaining on the management of conflict in higher education. Bargaining and nonbargaining institutions were matched and their grievance processes compared on a number of dimensions. It was concluded that although collective bargaining has had a distinct effect on the way…

This collective bargaining agreement between Rhode Island Board of Regents and Rhode Island College Chapter of the American Federation of Teachers covers a period from July 1, l975 through June 30, 1977. Articles include: (1) academic freedom; (2) selection of deans, vice presidents, and the president; (3) department chairmen; (4) department…

This collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Regents for Education and The Rhode Island College Staff Association of the American Federation of Teachers covers a period from July 1, l975 through June 30, 1977. Included is: (1) management rights; (2) nondiscrimination clause; (3) personnel files; (4) demotions and suspensions (5)…

Thirty-one States have a form of mandatory meet and confer or collective bargaining law; six States have permissive legislation; seven States are considering collective bargaining legislation. This guide presents, in chart form, the legal provisions for each State with respect to employee classification, type of representation, administration,…

After briefly reviewing the history and characteristics of the office of the Ombudsman, the author discusses the establishment of that office at Michigan State University. The functions of the Ombudsman, who is to be appointed by the President from among the senior faculty are to establish procedures for receiving requests, complaints, and…

To analyze collective negotiations, the author studied the scope, issues, and outcomes of agreements in effect (1967-68) in ten junior colleges in Illinois and Michigan. The colleges were selected for having (1) signed agreement with a local representative faculty organization, (2) experienced an actual or threatened work stoppage, (3) agreed to…

Grievance arbitration is utilized on a nearly universal basis, but the process is malfunctioning in several ways. The study was based on a review of the literature, in field interviews, and in-depth correspondence with knowledgeable management and union practitioners; findings are limited to the arbitration step in contract administration. Twenty…

Presented in this document is the agreement between the Board of Junior College District No. 532 County of Lake and State of Illinois and the College of Lake County Local United Professions Association for the period from 1972-73. Covered in the articles of agreement are sections on negotiation procedures, leaves of absence, school calendar, use…