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Narayanaswamy, Ravi – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The failure rate of information systems development (ISD) projects continues to pose a big challenge for organizations. The success rate of ISD projects is less then forty percent. Factors such as disagreements and miscommunications among project manager and team members, poor monitoring and intermediary problems contribute to project failure.…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Program Effectiveness, Work Environment, Systems Development
Atwood, Nancy K.; Hiller, Jack H. – 1986
An automated management information system was developed for planning and scheduling unit training in a U.S. Army infantry division. The primary goal of the project was to test the feasibility of the concept for a computer-based management information system. Specific objectives were to integrate information on personnel, training, and logistics…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Formative Evaluation, Management Information Systems
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Sandmeyer, Louise E.; Dooris, Michael J.; Barlock, Robert W. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2004
Integrated planning promotes collaborative thinking and furnishes mechanisms for linking strategic plans with operational plans. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Program Implementation, Program Development, Program Effectiveness
Graeber, Anna O.; And Others – 1984
This report describes and evaluates efforts to enhance school districts' capacity to implement and institutionalize the monitoring and management system for an instructional leadership program called Achievement Directed Leadership (ADL). Chapter one introduces the report's methodology, limitations, and structure. Chapter two first states the…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement, Management Systems
Bernoff, Robert; And Others – 1973
This paper presents some suggestions about and evidence on how research theories from social psychology can be used to improve the operation and effects of short term educational programs whose objectives include the education or reeducation of individuals. The document is intended for people connected with the kindergarten through college…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Planning, Educational Programs, Educational Research
Plastrik, Peter – 2001
Since the mid-1990s, job-training and employment programs for low-income people have begun to emphasize not only program development and implementation, but also reform of the "system" of labor market, employers, training providers, and helping agencies. In 1995, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which launched the Jobs Initiative in 6…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Baath, John A.; Mansson, Nils-Ove – 1977
A three-stage, computer-assisted distance education (CADE) project was undertaken to design a prototype of CADE that would improve the two-way communication in correspondence education in three respects: (1) the quality of the tutors' comments as to feedback effectiveness and motivational aspects, (2) the turn-round time of students' solutions to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Correspondence Study, Educational Development, Educational Innovation
Morehead State Univ., KY. Appalachian Adult Education Center. – 1975
The document is a handbook designed to aid program administrators in planning, managing, and assessing adult educational television (ETV), to assure adult viewers the maximum instructional/learning benefit possible. The handbook includes four types of information; (1) an introduction to the Appalachian Adult Education Center (AAEC) experience, (2)…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Broadcast Television
Zepeda, Marlene; Varela, Frances; Morales, Alex – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
In 2003, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) released a "Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Health." In recognition of the critical role states play in the development of early childhood initiatives and of the unique contributions that state Title V programs can make to these initiatives, the Bureau operationalized their…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Health, Young Children, Strategic Planning