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The present study examined the potential and actual stress in terms of conflict and ambiguity, in the role of the elementary school principal. The investigation was focused on the pedagogical and the administrative domains of the principal's role. Data on the perceived ambiguity and conflict were collected by means of individually administered questionnaires to 65 elementary school principals in Israel. In addition, objective ambiguity was measured by content analysis of formal documents of the Ministry of Education. Results pointed at the existence of role conflict as well as that of role ambiguity in objective and in subjective terms. Activities which fell under the administrative domain contained fewer clements of stress than those in the pedagogic domain. It was concluded that role stress forced the principal to neglect his pedagogical duties in favor of the administrative duties.

This study seeks to examine the status, role and authority of the elementary school principalship. A short theoretical discussion of the central topics is followed by a presentation of research findings based on an attitudes questionnaire that was administered to a sample of school system personnel and elementary school inspectors. The school principal is perceived as determining the character of the institution more than any other factor in the system, and must be autonomous to a large extent in performing his tasks. He is expected to devote much of his time to organization and administration, but must not allow his occupation with questions of finance and maintenance to come at the expense of his other activities. Guiding teachers in their work, keeping informed of both teachers' and pupils' performance, and maintaining discipline in the school are perceived, in this order, and the most important pedagogical functions of the principal. The principal's most important source of authority is his intimate knowledge of his school, and his successful experience as a teacher. An extension of his authority at “the expense” of the Ministry is supported by respondents, while its extension at the expense of his subordinates is not. A principal is regarded suitable for his position as long as he generally gets along with his staff. He should be given greater authority in the adaptation of the curriculum to the needs of his school, in the flexibility he can exercise in the allocation of class hours and budget, and in the interpretation of Ministry of Education instructions to suit his school's special requirements.

The purpose of this paper is to explain the SEC's proposed rule to modify the oil and gas reporting requirements that have been defined heretofore in Rule 4‐10, Regulation S‐X.

The paper explains the provisions of the existing rule, outlines the SEC's proposed changes (such as allowing companies to disclose reserves using probabilistic methodologies and tightening project maturity requirements for proved reserves), and explains why the proposed rule is an ambitious and overdue step to overhaul the SEC's oil and gas disclosure regime.

The alert discusses the SEC's proposed new rule that will replace the existing standard for disclosing volumes of oil and gas reserves in SEC filings. The rule applies to all US oil and gas public companies and also foreign oil and gas companies whose shares are traded on US exchanges via American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). Some of the larger non‐US companies affected by this rule change include Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Total, Eni, StatoilHydro, Petrobras, and CNOOC.

The paper shows that the proposed rule will be of interest to oil and gas companies, research analysts at investment banks that publish reports about oil and gas companies, and any firms that engage in proprietary investing in these companies. This rule change has broad interest for many companies. For example, in addition to dozens of oil and gas industry firms, the 80 firms and individuals who commented on the Concept Release that preceded this proposed rule included major financial institutions, rating agencies, and investment banks.

This article considers the independent liberty interests of children in foster care and their mothers in parental termination proceedings. Recent federal reforms impose a mandatory deadline for the state to terminate parental rights. That policy erroneously presumes that the passage of time alone establishes parental fault and satisfies a parent’s due process rights. It also fails to protect the minority of children who assert an interest in preserving a safe relationship with mothers who are unlikely to meet the state’s schedule – including many substance abusers and victims of domestic violence.

Adoption literature now speaks with many voices. Federal and state agencies and local advocacy groups are enthusiastic supporters of adoptions, the basic belief being kids need homes. The bottleneck is the most conservative sector, the local agency. These are the agencies one deals with if planning to adopt a child. This brief essay attempts to give some perspective to the recent literature on adoption trends and practices. The numbers in parentheses refer to the entry numbers of titles in the bibliographic listing at the end of the article.

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Fine, Espeland and Rojiek’s (2001) basic assumptions are all solid. Communitarian thinking has been gaining ground since 1990 both within academia and the society at large. Communitarian thinking has centered on the role of values and institutions in building and sustaining societies that are not merely civil, but also good. And the authors correctly summarized my main theoretical book on communitarian thinking, The New Golden Rule, as showing that a good society is based on a carefully crafted balance between autonomy and moral order. They overstated a bit the neglect of children in communitarian writing. Others and myself have been deeply involved in the debate as to what kind of family is needed for children to grow up properly, the role of character education in school (vs. the teaching of academics), and the responsibilities the community has for its children – as a common good. We also studied the effects of violent and vile material in the media and on the Web and what might be done about it, which requires a rather different approach than when one deals with adults. Nevertheless, the major criticism stands. Communitarians have not developed a clear and encompassing theory on how children differ from adults with regard to the core issue at hand – how they gradually gain autonomy and the implications of such development for the moral order. Here is an attempt to begin the development of such an approach, quite close to the valuable suggestions included in Fine, Espeland and Rojiek chapter.

Communications regarding this column should be addressed to Mrs. Cheney, Peabody Library School, Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Mrs. Cheney does not sell the books listed here. They are available through normal trade sources. Mrs. Cheney, being a member of the editorial board of Pierian Press, will not review Pierian Press reference books in this column. Descriptions of Pierian Press reference books will be included elsewhere in this publication.

The purpose of this paper is to document the growing concerns about the lack of relevance of business school research, and offer suggestions for journal editors and faculty members in logistics and supply chain management.

This paper is a review of literature related to the relevance of business school research and an analysis of trends related to the editorial review boards of the three main logistics journals.

The current business school research model is unsustainable. The metrics used are driving the wrong behavior. Logistics journals, traditionally known for an emphasis on practical relevance, appear to be emulating the journals of other business functions at a time when there is a growing consensus that these journals are publishing, more often than not, research of little or no value to practicing managers or society.

The cost of faculty research at AACSB schools, which increasingly benefits no one but the authors, has been estimated at roughly US$3.8bn annually. Imagine the potential benefits if business school deans realigned the incentives to encourage faculty to produce credible research that is useful to business and society.

The hope is to influence senior logistics faculty with tenure to work with business executives or policymakers to identify long-term big idea projects that will impact business and society, and publish their research in the logistics journals. Traditionally, the editors of logistics journals included business executives on the editorial review boards and encouraged research of practical relevance. Journal editors should look back and realize what was good about the journals and not discard the good for current fads.