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Download full textClark, William F.; Pelham, Anabel O. – 1983
This paper examines the hospital discharge decision making process for elderly patients, based on observations of the operations of a long term care agency, the California Multipurpose Senior Services Project. The analysis is divided into four components: actors, factors, processes, and strategy critique. The first section discusses the major…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Cooperative Planning, Decision Making, Health Personnel
Pentecoste, Joseph C. – 1975
Through the conceptual use of systems analysis, systems which impinge upon current urban education are discussed in this paper. Examples are offered of subsystem changes within education and ways these changes affect the results of the educational system. Relationships between urban education and the United States social and economic systems are…
Descriptors: Black Students, Economic Factors, Economics, Educational Testing
National Center for Health Services Research (DHEW/PHS), Hyattsville, MD. – 1977
This document contains summaries of thirty-two research projects supported by the National Center for Health Services Research (NCHSR) under authority of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. (Focus of these research projects is to describe, explain, and predict the performance of more than 200 EMS systems being established under Title…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Adams, Robert D. – 1977
This is a position paper which deals with learning and reading difficulties of students in urban schools. The program upon which this paper is based is a learning and reading readiness classroom system that uses the Informational Process Model. This system acts as the basic construct for matching learners' needs based on the assessment data, with…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Lambright, W. Henry; And Others – 1980
Local school districts must strengthen their innovative capacity in order to respond effectively to the problems facing them. Success depends on both an organization's technical capacity to match problems with appropriate solutions and its political capacity to move an innovation through the process from adoption to incorporation. Research shows…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Barriers to Deinstitutionalization: Social Systems Influences on Environmental Design Interventions.
Slotnick, Robert S.; Jeger, Abraham M. – 1978
Recent years have witnessed a broadening of the role of the behavior modifier to that of "environmental designer" and institutional change agent. As deinstitutionalization policies have been mandated across the country, a major challenge for institutional behavioral programs has been brought to the surface--i.e., generalization and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Community Attitudes, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Institutionalized Persons
Carroll, Donald M.; And Others – 1977
Five groups were formed to investigate different aspects of the Child-Based Information System (CBIS) developed by the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit of Pennsylvania: (1) a data management group to assess the effectiveness of CBIS as an administrative support system; (2) a systems delivery group to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Curriculum Development, Exceptional Child Education, Management Information Systems
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF BILL S. 430, "SCIENTIFIC MANPOWER UTILIZATION ACT OF 1967," IS TO FACILITATE AND ENCOURAGE THE UTILIZATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES OF THE NATION IN MEETING URGENT NATIONAL AND LOCAL PROBLEMS BY PROMOTING THE APPLICATION OF SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TO PROBLEMS IN THE AREAS OF…
Descriptors: Administration, Air Pollution, Community Problems, Crime
ALKIN, MARVIN C. – 1967
A MODEL FOR EVALUATING INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVEL IS DEVELOPED. THE MODEL IS BASICALLY A DISCUSSION AND AMPLIFICATION OF THE DEFINITION OF "EVALUATION." IT CONSISTS OF SIX MAIN ELEMENTS--(1) STUDENT INPUTS, (2) FINANCIAL INPUTS, (3) EXTERNAL SYSTEMS, (4) MEDIATING FACTORS, (5) STUDENT OUTPUTS, AND (6) NONSTUDENT…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economic Factors, Equal Education, Evaluation
DYE, THOMAS R. – 1967
THE EFFECTS OF POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIOECONOMIC VARIABLES ON EDUCATIONAL POLICIES OF THE 50 STATES WERE EXAMINED IN THIS DOCUMENT. UTILIZING A SYSTEMS ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK, THE AUTHOR EXPLORED NUMEROUS SYSTEMIC OUTPUTS SUCH AS PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES, PER CAPITA EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES, AND AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY. THE PRINCIPAL FINDING OF THE…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
MOOD, ALEXANDER M.; POWERS, RICHARD – 1967
DIFFICULTIES ARE ENCOUNTERED WHEN COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES ARE APPLIED TO EDUCATION. THERE ARE PROBLEMS IN THE ATTEMPT TO DEFINE AN EDUCATIONAL GOAL AND IN THE ANALYSIS OF EDUCATIONAL PROCESSES. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOW ENGAGED IN A MULTITUDE OF PROJECTS DESIGNED TO COORDINATE RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT. THIS ENTAILS CONTINUED…
Descriptors: Costs, Educational Benefits, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Spivak, Harriet; Radnor, Michael – 1979
In an effort to analyze what management policies and technologies from other disciplines can be applied to the field of education, this report describes the development of an analytical framework and its use to explore implications for policy development. The present work seeks to synthesize the available literature on management policies and to…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Educational Administration, Educational Development, Educational Innovation
Carpenter-Huffman, Polly – 1977
MODIA (Method of Designing Instructional Alternatives) was developed to help the Air Force manage resources for formal training by systematically and explicitly relating quantitative requirements for training resources to the details of course design and course operation during the planning stage. It suggests approaches to course design not…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Course Evaluation, Course Organization
Bloomfield, Byron C.; Wakefield, Howard E. – 1968
The mobilization of support data and documentation sufficient to give appropriate physical expression to the required functions of the new senior high school, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, is the objective of this report. The consultants have proceeded in two steps--(1) to identify the functions to be performed in the new high school by analyzing…
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Curriculum, Decision Making, Design Requirements
Taft, Martin I. – 1967
This paper presents a summary of some recent engineering research in education and identifies some research areas with high payoff potential. The underlying assumption is that a school is a system with a set of subsystems which is potentially susceptible to analysis, design, and eventually some sort of optimization. This assumption leads to the…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Curriculum Design, Data Processing, Decision Making
