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Ranguelov, Stanislav; de Coster, Isabelle; Forsthuber, Bernadette; Noorani, Sogol; Ruffio, Philippe – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2009
This seventh edition of "Key Data on Education in Europe" retains its main special feature which is the combination of statistical data and qualitative information to describe the organisation and functioning of education systems in Europe. The present 2009 edition maintains the subject-based structure defined by the previous one but…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistical Data, Comparative Education, Systems Analysis
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Swanson, E. Burton – Management Science, 1974
Failures in the implementation of management information systems (MIS) can be attributed in part to a lack of managerial "involvement" and "appreciation." The concepts of involvement and appreciation are defined and their measurement in a real-world research setting is presented. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Failure, Management Information Systems, Research
Saba, Farhad; Twitchell, David – 1987
This demonstration of the use of a computer simulation research method based on the System Dynamics modeling technique for studying distance education reviews research methods in distance education, including the broad categories of conceptual and case studies, and presents a rationale for the application of systems research in this area. The…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Distance Education, Models, Programing Languages
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Rush, Barbara; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1974
An analytical model for a cost-effectiveness approach to the journal disposition problem is presented. An example based on data from a real university special library situation is presented. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Library Collections, Models, Periodicals
Spikes, Frank – 1977
Ecological modeling is a holistic systems level approach to situational analysis which can be used in planning activities for lifelong learning in an urban setting. It is the purpose of this essay to present a discussion of ecological modeling in its pure or conceptual sense and concomitantly to translate this analysis into an effective and…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Ecological Factors, Models, Systems Analysis
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Johnson, Dale D.; Pearson, P. David – Reading Teacher, 1975
Analyzes Skills Management Systems (SMS) as a means for establishing an accountability framework in reading instruction and concludes that at the present time there are too many unverified assumptions in such systems. (RB)
Descriptors: Accountability, Analytical Criticism, Elementary Education, Reading Instruction
Yoho, Lewis W. – J Ind Teacher Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Curriculum, Industrial Education, Systems Analysis
Eash, Maurice J. – Educ Leadership, 1969
Descriptors: Coordination, Curriculum, Models, Supervision
Hjerppe, Roland – 1974
This document first outlines considerations relative to a systems approach to evaluation, and then argues for such an approach to the evaluation of information retrieval systems (ISR). The criterion of such evaluations should be the utility of the information retrieved to the user, and the ISR ought to be regarded as one of three interrelated…
Descriptors: Design, Evaluation, Information Retrieval, Information Systems
Cuadra, Carlos A. – 1968
During the two-year Relevance Assessment Project, 15 studies were designed and carried out with over 500 subjects used as relevance judges. The subjects were librarians, information specialists, library science students and faculty, and graduate and upper division students in psychology. Materials for judging were selected for subjects according…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Information Science, Information Systems, Relevance (Information Retrieval)
Kling, Martin – 1966
This study was designed to extend the generality of the Substrata-Factor Theory by two methods of investigation: (1) theoretically, to est"blish the validity of the hypothesis that an isomorphic relationship exists between the Substrata-Factor Theory and the General Open Systems Theory, and (2) experimentally, to disc"ver through a…
Descriptors: Models, Reading, Reading Processes, Systems Analysis
James, H. Thomas – 1968
The development of logically sophisticated analytical models in a growing number of fields has placed new emphasis on efficiency in school management. Recent systems models guiding the longrun analysis of school management in terms of efficiency--through cost-benefit studies, systems analysis, and program planning and budgeting systems--are in…
Descriptors: Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance, Program Budgeting
Air Force Personnel and Training Research Center, Lackland AFB, TX. – 1973
The U. S. Air Force job inventory for the automatic digital switching specialist career ladder is divided into 12 categories, each of which is broken down into a duty-task list. Space is provided for Air Force personnel filling out the inventory to check whether each task is at present part of their duties. The 12 categories are: organizing and…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Military Personnel, Occupational Information, Programers
Wong, S. Godwin – 1975
Unit cost is an anticipated offspring of the pressing notions of accountability, efficiency, and comparability, coupled with the decreasing availability of both public and private resources for higher education, and the increasing cost of deliverance of higher education in general. The two most widely used measures of unit cost in higher education…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education, Operations Research
Samuelson, Kjell – 1970
An invitation to participate in this panel discussion was sent to official representatives of organizations which had an expressed interest in information networks. Since some of the represented international bodies had started preliminary planning for network communication, the discussion was centered around systems design concepts. However, as…
Descriptors: Automation, Design, Information Networks, Information Systems
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