NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Wilson, Shellyanne – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2020
The Tangibles in Operations Strategy (TANGOS) exercise provides students with the direct experience of designing a firm's operations function. Specifically, students must engage in decision making with respect to the structural decision areas in a firm's operations strategy, by considering the firm's product strategy and span of control, process…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Experiential Learning, Active Learning, Design
Grossman, Jean Baldwin; Lind, Christianne; Hayes, Cheryl; McMaken, Jennifer; Gersick, Andrew – Public/Private Ventures, 2009
Funders and program planners want to know: What does it cost to operate a high-quality after-school or summer program? This study answers that question, discovering that there is no "right" number. Cost varies substantially, depending on the characteristics of the participants, the goals of the program, who operates it and where it is located.…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, After School Programs, Educational Quality, Operating Expenses
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Adams, Olin L., III; Guarino, A. J.; Robichaux, Rebecca R.; Edwards, Toni L. – Journal of Educational Research & Policy Studies, 2004
This paper explores the nature and extent of outsourcing by higher education institutions, benefits and challenges associated with outsourcing, and the implications of outsourcing for effective management. The principal investigator conducted a national study of outsourcing by four-year colleges and universities at two points in time, 1998-99 and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Privatization, Contracts, Performance Factors