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Harmon, Paul; Pipe, Peter – Performance and Instruction, 1986
Describes design and presents examples of industrial use of small expert systems and guidelines for choosing problems which lend themselves to small tool solutions. Use of microcomputer facilitated decision tables to diagnose and categorize people, things, and issues is suggested, and development of three decision table formats is described. (MBR)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Decision Making, Design

Wallen, John L. – 1970
The type of influence exercised on decision-making by a position in an organization may vary from decision to decision. The position may simply be free to make recommendations or need to be informed of decisions to implement them. On the other hand, the position may influence the decision, be able to veto it, or authorize and issue a directive to…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Guides, Decision Making, Management Systems
Starratt, Joseph; And Others – Library Administration & Management, 1990
Discusses the need for management information and decision support systems in libraries, and identifies inertia and confusion as the main contributors to the lack of successful implementations. An attempt to initiate a decision support system at the University of Nebraska at Omaha is described, and both problems encountered and benefits gained are…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Decision Support Systems, Library Administration, Library Personnel
Starfield, A. M.; And Others – Engineering Education, 1983
Discusses the nature of and steps required in building an expert system. Includes comments by students given an assignment to choose a suitable topic and develop a small expert system related to that topic, as well as favorable faculty comments on the strategy. Also includes a student-developed expert system on rock-blasting. (JN)
Descriptors: Civil Engineering, Decision Making, Engineering Education, Higher Education
Sutherland, Mary S. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1981
The planning cycle for health program goals and objectives involves determining needs and establishing, implementing, and evaluating goals. Necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities of health planners are delineated. (CJ)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Health Needs, Health Personnel, Health Services
Valencia Community Coll., Orlando, FL. – 1974
The Management, Administrative Profile System (MAPS) was developed to permit assessment of a college on three levels. The detailed discussion of each level is preceded by a general process model which identifies the specific instrumentation, available options, and the major action steps associated with a particular level of assessment. Level "A"…
Descriptors: College Administration, Decision Making, Higher Education, Management Information Systems
Mathezer, Gordon – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1985
The development and implementation of an institutional framework to guide the management and use of information technologies (computing, office automation, and telecommunications) at Mount Royal College in Calgary, Alberta, are described. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, Computers, Data Processing, Decision Making
Cromey, Allison; van der Ploeg, Arie; Masini, Blase – 2000
This report describes the efforts of the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) during the last several years to respond to direct requests from educational stakeholders to help integrate data into their decision-making processes related to school improvement. In some cases, NCREL cooperated in the development of educational…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Decision Making, Educational Improvement
Martens, Freda R. H. – 1982
A framework is provided for considering whether current New York community college planning and control systems can be made more effective and efficient through the use of business-derived strategic planning and management control technology. After a report summary and section 1's introductory material, section 2 reviews current pressures on New…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Community Colleges, Decision Making

Nwagbaraocha, Joel O. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1979
The planning, management, and evaluation system is discussed as an effective aid for academic decision makers during a period of retrenchment for higher education institutions. (Author/SF)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods

Brethower, Dale M.; Dams, Peter-Cornelius – Performance Improvement, 1999
Introduces human performance technology (HPT) by answering the following questions related to: what systems does; practical issues and questions to which systems thinking is relevant; research questions and answers with respect to systems thinking; how HPT practitioners can do systems thinking; systems thinking tools; what is and is not known…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Human Resources, Instructional Systems, Management Systems
Haugen, Elliott J.; Nedwek, Brian P. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1988
The use of prototyping and simulation at St. Louis University to evaluate the implementation decisions and design of a student information system are described with regard to their impact on, and interaction with, institutional policies and procedures. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Students, Computer Software, Decision Making

Webster, William J.; Mendro, Robert L. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1995
This paper describes an educational accountability system that provides needed accountability along with the data necessary for school improvement. The accountability system, which is being implemented in the Dallas (Texas) schools, is a three-tier system moving from the school level through district improvement plans to school improvement…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Collection, Decision Making, Educational Improvement
Bennett, Cedric S. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1981
Stanford's Terminals for Managers Program was undertaken with two objectives: (1) to create a decision support system that would demonstrate the functional, technical, and economic value of electronic mail and other information technology services for university administrators, and (2) to educate these executives in information technology and…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, Computers, Decision Making
Yost, Michael – 1985
This paper is based on the assumption that in shaping academic strategies for long-range planning purposes, educational institutions must be able to gather adequate information on which to base administrative decisions. Information on how the institution has operated in the past as well as how it is currently operating are critical items for valid…
Descriptors: Databases, Decision Making, Educational Planning, Higher Education
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