THIS PAPER, PRESENTED AT THE SYMPOSIUM ON THE APPLICATION OF SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES TO EDUCATIONAL PLANNING IN CALIFORNIA, JUNE 12-13, 1967, DISCUSSES THE USES OF SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN PROGRAM PLANNING AND EVALUATION. THE DISCUSSION FOCUSES ON THE GENERAL CONCEPT OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND, WITHIN THIS CONCEPT, THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS. THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO INTERRELATE THE CONCEPTS OF SYSTEMS ANALYSIS, PROGRAM PLANNING, AND EVALUATION. ALSO PRESENTED IS AN OVERVIEW OF NETWORK-BASED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS OF WHICH THE TWO MOST POPULARLY KNOWN EXAMPLES ARE PERT AND THE CRITICAL PATH METHOD. THIS PAPER WAS PRESENTED AT THE SYMPOSIUM ON THE APPLICATION OF SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES TO EDUCATIONAL PLANNING IN CALIFORNIA (CHAPMAN COLLEGE, ORANGE, CALIFORNIA, JUNE 12-13, 1967). (HW)