Summarizes the methodology and products of the American Society for Training and Development-sponsored study to define excellence in training and development (T&D). These include a human resource wheel, future influences on the field, lists of roles and outcomes in T&D, a competency model, role profiles and clusters, and a matrix of roles…

Defines the principal role and global function of public relations practitioners as perceived by the most senior communications executives in agencies or corporations in central United States. (PD)

Employees are likely to see factors other than job difficulty, value, and going wage rate as important in reclassification processes. Author examines these factors, and suggests that employee's understanding of and participation in evaluation process can lead to greater job satisfaction. (RW)

Jobs are evaluated to provide a fair basis for payment of wages; this procedure must be communicated to employees so they can see they are being treated equitably. Job ranking, grading or job classification, factor comparison, the point method, and direct pricing are methods used in job evaluation programs. (AG)

Through the implementation of the Word Processing/Administrative Support Movement, the use of production and quality controls, together with the development of a performance measurement system using MTM-Standard Data, secretarial performance can be increased to up to ten times that of the traditional seccretary. (KP)

Advertising in the school newspaper notifies every student of the opportunity to participate in school publications. (RB)

Reports on a study made to develop a conceptual framework regarding the actual and desired roles of full-time audiovisual building-level coordinators in selected schools on Long Island, New York." (Author)

The systems approach to training has generally been applied to short-cycle, operative craft skills tasks. The system is more difficult to apply to complex, non-reptitive supervisory and managerial skills without considerable cost. This article reports the first part of a study to try to overcome this problem. (SE)

Discusses the development of critical path networks and their benefits when used in the training and manpower development field. (EB)

"Families today have many choices about how to use their time and money resources, but, as this study shows, homemaking tasks still demand time despite the many conveniences available. In fact, for women the predicted short work day of the future may still be a distant dream. (Editor)

Investigated the importance of assigned versus participative goal setting in defining effective supervisory behavior. Government employees (N=57) were assigned to self-set, participatively set, and assigned goal setting conditions. Results showed no significant difference in goal difficulty between those with participatively set goals and self-set…

A multidimensional scaling analysis of 21 work outcomes yielded a latent structure with three dimensions: value attached by society, level of psychological need met, and extent the outcome is inherent in the work itself. Results suggest a multidimensional model of work outcomes is more useful than a categorical approach. (Author)

Discusses the need to understand the competencies (knowledge and skills) which underlie effective job performance. Describes competency models and stresses their importance in organization functioning. (JOW)

With the inspiration, the originality, the skill and craftsmanship, the business acumen, the patience, and the luck, it's possible to become a classical composer, pop/rock/country composer, jingle composer, or educational composer. Describes these careers. (Editor/RK)

Many career opportunities exist at the center of music activity or on the periphery. Some require a knowledge of music, whereas others demand only an interest. Describes eleven music-related careers--music business attorney, architectural acoustics consultant, instrument repairperson, music therapist, music autographer/engraver, music theatre…