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Bearley, William L. – 1979
The future of information resources management requires new approaches to implementing systems which will include a type of data base management that frees users to solve data processing problems logically by telling the system what they want, together with powerful non-procedural languages that will permit communication in simple, concise…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Information Retrieval, Language Processing

Chang, Ai-Mei; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1994
Presents a hyperknowledge framework of decision support systems (DSS). This framework formalizes specifics about system functionality, representation of knowledge, navigation of the knowledge system, and user-interface traits as elements of a DSS environment that conforms closely to human cognitive processes in decision making. (Contains 52…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Data Processing, Decision Making, Decision Support Systems
Groff, Warren H. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1981
Strategic decision-making as a part of the higher education planning process is becoming more dependent upon data elements external to the institution. The context in which postsecondary education takes place, the maturation of the planning function, and the challenge to management systems for postsecondary education are discussed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Career Education, College Administration, Data Processing, Decision Making
Malone, Thomas W.; Rockart, John F. – Scientific American, 1991
The ways in which computer networks are forging new kinds of markets and new ways to manage organizations are described. Discussed are the results of these innovations, which include changes in corporate structure and management style. (KR)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Peripherals

Hirano-Nakanishi, Marsha J. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1994
The Total Quality Management approach is used as a framework for a discussion of methodological issues related to diversity in higher education, including classification of race and ethnic information, data aggregation, and use of several key indicators (access to college, persistence, and student progress). (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Classification, College Environment