This discussion identifies some of the social and organizational issues which will affect the design and implementation of a university management information system (MIS). Implications are discussed which affect both the data collection, and analysis and reporting segments of the MIS process. The analysis points out the extent to which an MIS…

The overall goal of this report is to help university administrators assess what computer-aided university planning can and cannot do for them and to arouse their interest in the application of system analysis, simulation, and computer models to university planning. The report is limited to analysis of selected examples of computer oriented…

Provides academic administrators and researchers with a critical review of available tools in management techniques; a structure for considering possible analytical projects to undertake; and the steps that should be taken by administrators to ensure proper organization, planning, and control of management science efforts. (Author/DEP)

Dr. Sally Knipe, Course Coordinator, Bachelor of Education (Middle Schooling) at Charles Sturt University has been teaching undergraduate students in this program for six years. When Charles Sturt University introduced a learning management system, Interact she, with the faculty's educational designer, Miriam Edwards worked together in developing…

The purpose of this study was to examine the implementation flow and development of retail bank management simulation based training system which could provide a comprehensive knowledge about the operations and management of banks for the banking students. The prototype of a Retail banking simulation based training system was developed based on…

Have you updated your Web site today? Is it possible that answering "yes" to this simple question is the key to the success of your marketing and recruiting efforts? In the current recruitment arena, the ability to update and maintain this one high-value asset (your Web site) might be the key to the potency of your institutional…

The programed instruction lesson presented in this paper is designed to introduce the Data Base subprogram of the Appleworks software program. The main sections of the lesson are: (1) getting started with the database; (2) arranging, moving, and updating files; and (3) creating a new database. Illustrations of the computer screen as it would…

How KPTS, a public broadcasting station in Wichita, Kansas, became a progressive public media organization. (Author)

Using a computer-assisted search of the literature, the author sought to identify and analyze documents concerning curriculum management systems for the purpose of developing a general description of a comprehensive curriculum management system model. The 12 documents identified in the search included definitional works and descriptions of…

Describes the progress of the planning, programing, budgeting, and evaluation system of the board of education for the Borough of York in Toronto, Ontario. (Author)

Constructing an abstract model that accounts for the essential considerations of the real world of management is an aid to decisionmaking. (Author)

Administrators can learn which objectives maximize management by objectives potential and how to eliminate those that don't. (Editor)

Describes some of the pitfalls in understanding the value of the systems analysis techniques in terms of the teacher and the taught. (GR)