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Systems Approaches to Educational Planning.

Alkin, Marvin C.; Bruno, James E. – 1970

Any general systems approach has five basic elements, which serve as the tasks for the researcher using systems analysis. The five are (1) the objectives, (2) the alternatives, (3) the costs, (4) the model (or models), and (5) the decision rule. With these five steps, the researcher should be able to specify the objectives, select alternatives,…

Descriptors: Costs, Critical Path Method, Decision Making, Educational Planning

Quantitative Analysis in Educational Administrator Preparation Programs. ERIC/CEM State-of-the-Knowledge Series Number Nineteen. UCEA Monograph Series Number Six.

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Bruno, James E.; Fox, James N. – 1973

The demand for administrators and specialists trained in quantitative concepts and skills has increased across the last decade mainly as a result of the accountability movement. Quantitative methods can greatly assist the school administrator in certain decisionmaking processes, although it is essential that he be able to distinguish between those…

Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Education, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making