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Chevalier, Roger – Performance and Instruction, 1994
Explains how to create an organizational system that will result in good performance. Topics discussed include process versus system; two views of a system, i.e., mechanistic and organic; and components of a system, including performance guides, measurement of results, feedback, and training. (LRW)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Feedback, Organizational Theories, Performance Factors
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Mitri, Michel; Cole, Carey – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2007
Most systems development projects incorporate some sort of life cycle approach in their development. Whether the development methodology involves a traditional life cycle, prototyping, rapid application development, or some other approach, the first step usually involves a system investigation, which includes problem identification, feasibility…
Descriptors: Systems Analysis, Investigations, Role Playing, Systems Development
Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA, 2007
Efforts to make substantial and substantive improvements related to mental health in schools and student/learning supports requires much more than implementing a few demonstrations. Improved approaches are only as good as a school district's ability to develop and institutionalize them equitably in all its schools. This process often is called…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Pilot Projects, Educational Change, Organizational Objectives
HALPERT, HAROLD P. – 1968
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS CAN BE APPLIED TO THE PLANNING AND DELIVERY OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. THE MODELS PRESENTED SHOW HOW A SYSTEMS APPROACH CAN BE USED TO ANSWER SOME OF THE KEY QUESTIONS IN PLANNING, ORGANIZING, AND EVALUATING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE PROGRAMS. MODEL 1 APPROACHES THE TASK OF DEFINING AND CATEGORIZING MENTAL HEALTH AND RELATED PROBLEMS.…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Mental Health Programs, Models, Systems Analysis
Nevada State Dept. of Education, Carson City. – 1972
The primary objective of this analysis was to determine the need for, feasibility of, and conceptual design of an automated educational management information system to serve the staff of the Nevada State Department of Education. The analysis was divided into three general procedural tasks: the assessment of information need, data availability…
Descriptors: Automation, Educational Administration, Management Information Systems, Program Design
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Chapman, Edward A. – Library Trends, 1973
A systems study or analysis is indispensible when a library faces these problems: (1) increased demands of library users; (2) increases in book funds; (3) increase in interinstitutional cooperation; and (4) inability of professional staff to realize the professional potential for creative endeavor. (42 references) (Author/TW)
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Administration, Library Planning, Methods
Kent, George – Training and Development Journal, 1975
The article discusses 11 subsystems of a training program in terms of a company's cost effectiveness. (BP)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Management Systems, Organizations (Groups), Systems Analysis
Brien, Richard H. – 1970
Among many diverse pressures on higher education, there are 5 major stresses which together have produced a crisis in university management: the growing student population, rising costs, a rapidly changing demand for programs, student demands for relevance, and an increasingly repressive public environment. Although some academicians fear the…
Descriptors: College Administration, Higher Education, Information Systems, Management Systems
Twelker, Paul A.; And Others – 1972
The systems approach in education is a management tool that allows individuals to examine all aspects of a problem, to interrelate the effects of one set of decisions to another, and to optimally use the resources at hand to solve the problem. Five systems approaches which have been used in the successful development of instruction at the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Development, Instructional Systems, Models
California Univ., Santa Barbara. Library Systems Development Program. – 1971
Very preliminary systems concepts are presented for the Order and Standard Loan Subsystems. Each of the tasks defined for the current manual operations in (Library Systems Development) LSD 70-60 are evaluated against these concepts to determine how existing work will change when mechanized systems are installed. Then, utilizing this qualitative…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Data Processing, Library Automation, Library Technical Processes
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Wood, R. Kent; And Others – Instructional Science, 1979
Describes Fault Tree Analysis, a tool for systems analysis which attempts to identify possible modes of failure in systems to increase the probability of success. The article defines the technique and presents the steps of FTA construction, focusing on its application to education. (RAO)
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Failure, Management Systems, Models
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Pratt, David – Journal of Educational Thought, 1978
John Goodlad (1958) stated that "Nowhere in education is there greater need for a conceptual system to guide decision-making than the field of curriculum." This research attempts to explore ways in which systems thinking can provide a conceptual system, to illuminate the study of curriculum and guide the design of curricula. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Curriculum Design, Feedback, Illustrations
Michel, George J. – AEDS Monitor, 1974
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Educational Practices, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Sigler, Wayne – College and University, 2003
This article describes Outcome-Oriented Operations (Tri-O[superscript 3]), a system developed at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, which enables an office to identify and achieve specific, measurable outcomes. Tri-O[superscript 3] was implemented in the University's Office of Undergraduate Admissions with significant success. (Contains 3…
Descriptors: College Admission, Undergraduate Students, Program Descriptions, Critical Path Method
Ewell, Peter; L'Orange, Hans – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2009
A rapidly changing global economy, shifting demographics, and concerns about our ability to maintain a competitive workforce have focused national attention on the educational systems of America's states, highlighting their critical role in ensuring a productive and creative future for our country. As a result, Americas colleges and universities…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Management, Design Requirements
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