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Farmer, James; And Others – 1979
Characteristics of student financial aid systems are reported and a framework for evaluating student financial aid systems and classifying major data processing designs is presented. The goals of a student financial aid system are discussed, including improved service to students, increased utilization of available funds, compliance with…
Descriptors: Automation, Compliance (Legal), Computer Programs, Computer Science
Estler, Suzanne – 1980
The consequences of using analytic methods usually associated with rational management for university decision-making related to sexual equity are examined. The research consists of two case studies concerning faculty appointments and nonteaching professional staff salaries. The concern is with how long-standing situations come to be seen as…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Case Studies, College Faculty, Decision Making
Haas, John D. – 1980
This guide is designed to help elementary and secondary school teachers and curriculum developers plan units on the future. It is presented in five sections. Section I discusses the origins of the modern futures movement and the concepts of future studies, time dimensions, global approach, self-fulfilling and self-defeating forecasts, and types of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
HARTLEY, HARRY J. – 1968
PLANNING-PROGRAMMING-BUDGETING SYSTEMS (PPBS) ARE INTENDED TO FACILITATE THE KINDS OF INFORMATION AND DATA ANALYSIS WHICH FURNISH ADMINISTRATORS WITH A MORE COMPLETE BASIS FOR RATIONAL CHOICE. NEUTRAL ON THE ISSUES OF COST REDUCTION, PPBS IS DESIGNED TO FOSTER ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY. ADVANTAGES WHICH IT OFFERS OVER TRADITIONAL PRACTICES INCLUDE--(1)…
Descriptors: Budgets, Collective Bargaining, Data Analysis, Educational Planning
Jung, Charles; And Others – 1968
The implementation in a school district of the Research Utilization and Problem Solving (RUPS) System is demonstrated. RUPS is an instructional system for an inservice program designed to provide the needed competencies for an entire staff to engage in systems analysis and systems synthesis procedures prior to assessing educational needs and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Curriculum Development, Data Collection, Feedback
Bidwell, Charles M.; Auricchio, Dominick – 1968
The project set out to establish an operational film scheduling network to improve service to New York State teachers using 16mm educational films. The Network is designed to serve local libraries located in Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), regional libraries, and a statewide Syracuse University Film Rental Library (SUFRL). The…
Descriptors: Codification, Computer Oriented Programs, Costs, Films
CONSAD Research Corp., Pittsburgh, PA. – 1968
Described is a six-month work program, financed with Library Service and Construction Act funds, which applies systems analysis to public library organization, services, and facilities. The three public library systems of Baltimore City (Enoch Pratt Free Library), Baltimore County, and Anne Arundel County, Maryland are to be studied. Investigated…
Descriptors: Administration, Costs, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods
Writers' Development Trust, Toronto (Ontario). – 1976
This handbook is intended as a guide for engineers, architects, and individuals familiar with heating and ventilating applications who wish to design a solar heating system for a residential or small commercial building in the Pacific Coast Region. The climate of the region is discussed by selected cities in terms of the effect of climate on solar…
Descriptors: Climate, Computer Science, Cost Effectiveness, Design Requirements
Naval Training Equipment Center, Orlando, FL. Training Analysis and Evaluation Group. – 1974
The Design of Training Systems (DOTS) project was initiated by the Department of Defense to develop tools for the effective management of military training organizations. Phase 2 of the project, from which this report emanates, involved the design and development of three computer-based mathematical models and their validation. Volume 1 presents…
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Data Processing
Schroeder, Roger G. – 1974
How can the structure of a management system be reviewed? What specific data should be collected and what procedures should be followed? The specific data collection methodology consists of three steps: (1) description of process outputs, procedures, and inputs; (2) evaluation of effectiveness, needs, and priorities for change in the process; and…
Descriptors: Colleges, Data Collection, Decision Making, Flow Charts
Bates, A. W. – 1973
The Open University of Great Britain provides home-based instruction via broadcasts and correspondence. Since technical arguments for the superiority of open-network, cable, or cassette television systems are inconclusive, the university has been forced to develop a decision-making model to determine which system is the most cost effective. For…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Cable Television, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
Grossbard, Stephen I. – 1975
The planning, programming, budgeting system (PPBS) is an instrument to help policy-makers assign priorities and allocate resources. It does not seek to computerize what is essentially a political process, nor is it intended that the statisticians and cost accountants take over functions that properly belong to the political decision-maker. PPBS is…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Dudgeon, Paul J. – 1974
A program based on instructional systems technology was developed at Canadore College as a means of devising the optimal learning experience for each individual student. The systems approach is used to solve educational problems through a process of analysis, synthesis, modeling, and simulation, based on the LOGOS (Language for Optimizing…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, College Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction
Follettie, Joseph F. – 1972
Southwest Regional Laboratory IDCMS (Instructional Development Control and Monitoring System) will be a flexible hardware system for controlling and monitoring instruction and research in the laboratory setting. This paper seeks to introduce potential users to the system and software designers to representative challenges that system exploitation…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Computer Programs, Computer Science, Computer Storage Devices
Parkman, Ralph – 1967
An inter-disciplinary course entitled "Cybernation and Man," developed by the School of Engineering at San Jose State College, tries to evaluate the many problems posed to man by the expansion of his technology. It is contended in the course that the most effective approach to control of complex social phenomena within a technological…
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Course Descriptions, Cybernetics