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Mukerjee, Sheila – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2012
This paper presents a practitioner's view on student system implementations in the Australian university sector. A student information system is a core system of any university and integral to its operations and services to students. These systems are constantly on the list of major projects and at any point in time, a university is either…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Information Systems, Program Implementation, Change Strategies
Chick, Morey J. – Information Management Review, 1990
Argues that the security of automated information systems must be made a management priority and effectively supported. The steps needed to achieve this objective are outlined in the areas of information resources management planning, budgeting and costing, directing, organizing, training, and controlling. A list of suggested readings is provided.…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Automation, Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness
Evans, J. A. – 1970
This two-part paper provides a conceptual framework which surveys the process of Management Information Systems (MIS) planning and development, from need recognition to evolving MIS operational capabilities. Part 1, of direct concern to the manager, is entitled "Organizational Problem Finding." (Part 1 available as LI 002 609.) Part 2…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Information Science
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And Others; Eskenazi, Solomon – Journal of Medical Education, 1976
In this information system, sponsored research information is routinely forwarded, in machine-readable form, from NIH to Columbia, to the benefit of each. The promotion of future systems development is enhanced through the adoption of standardized data element designations and definitions. (LBH)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection, Data Processing, Databases
Bliss, Sam W.; And Others – 1970
This collection of conference papers by nine different authors deals with the following topics: (1) philosophy of educational management; (2) systems concepts and development, and the systems approach; (3) management information systems in education; (4) cost-benefit analysis; (5) educational resource management; (6) systems approach to project…
Descriptors: Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Diagrams, Educational Administration
National Library of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1970
A summary of the final two-volume report of the Systems Development Project is contained in this document. The project was commissioned by the National Library of Canada to study and design an integrated information system for the library employing, where feasible, electronic data processing. Included are all of the recommendations of the final…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Data Processing, Information Services
Conroy, William G., Jr. – 1971
To enable vocational educators to evaluate programs and account for the use of allocated resources, this monograph describes a rational decision-making process based on the Input, Process, Product, Impact conceptual structure for occupational education. In a rational management process, all management behavior is consistent with specified…
Descriptors: Accountability, Conceptual Schemes, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Chachra, Vinod – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1981
Some of the economic and technological influences under which computing centers of the 1980s will have to operate are reviewed. Several strategies for hardware, software, and personnel management to cope with and to take advantage of in relation to a trend in changing costs are outlined. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computers, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
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Kearsley, Greg; Heller, Rachelle S. – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 1995
Examines studies that evaluate public access systems spanning experiments, field tests, and prototypes, and discusses quality control, cost-effectiveness, and issues for future research. Results suggest that system designers and developers need to be more selective in the type of evaluations they conduct; and there is a need for comparative…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods
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Gwynn, John W. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1979
The impact of technical advances in computer hardware is examined. Size, cost, ease of use, expandability, and availability are discussed to help assess the impact of these advances on information systems. It is suggested that technology is making administrative computing economical and feasible. (Author/SF)
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Science, Computers, Cost Effectiveness
Bommer, Michael R. W. – 1972
The development of this management system begins with an exploration of what the library is attempting to achieve. After an investigation of the hierarchy of library objectives, it is concluded that the one objective which satisfies a set of specified criteria is to maximize the expected future exposure of university community members to documents…
Descriptors: Administration, Budgeting, College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness
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Kehagias, Dimitris; Grivas, Michael; Mamalis, Basilis; Pantziou, Grammati – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the use of a non-expensive dynamic computing resource, consisting of a Beowulf class cluster and a NoW, as an educational and research infrastructure. Design/methodology/approach: Clusters, built using commodity-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware components and free, or commonly used, software, provide…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Systems Development, Computer System Design, Computer Networks
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. Office of Educational Technology and Telecommunications. – 1982
The second of four volumes, this report documents the implementation, evaluation, and institutionalization of the Alaska Administrative Communications Network, an electronic mail system (EMS) developed by the Educational Telecommunications for Alaska Project in response to the need for faster, more efficient communication in support of the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Communications Satellites, Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Assembly of Engineering. – 1976
This report addressed to policy making officials in local government deals with the role of federal assistance in future developments of information systems by local governments through an assessment of the Urban Information Systems Inter-Agency Committee (USAC) Program, which, beginning in 1970, provided grants to five municipalities--Charlotte,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Computer Science, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
General Learning Corp., Washington, DC. – 1968
The feasibility of using a centralized data processing facility to sever a large group of secondary schools and the capabilities of two alternative systems were investigated. The population to be served included 100,000 students in grades 9-14 attending 50 schools in an area having a hundred mile radius. Service requirements were defined to…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Centralization, Computers, Cost Effectiveness
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