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Steadham, Stephen V. – Training and Development Journal, 1980
Reviews three areas of knowledge needed to select an appropriate needs assessment strategy: (1) the criteria for selecting the method, (2) nine needs assessment methods, and (3) a means of categorizing methods. Provides an example of an assessment activity conducted in a small rural hospital. (LRA)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Strategies, Evaluation Methods, Hospitals
School Business Affairs, 1980
The Portsmouth (Virginia) school district, through its computerized energy management system, has saved money in energy use and also reduced manpower and maintenance expenses. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Programs, Computer Science, Cost Effectiveness
Kearsley, Greg; Compton, Terry – Training and Development Journal, 1981
Discusses four approaches to assessing training effectiveness and efficiency: resource requirement models, life cycle models, benefits models, and productivity models. Examines different ways of addressing the cost/benefits issue which could be useful in a particular training situation. Each model is analyzed in detail. (CT)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Life Cycle Costing, Models
American School and University, 1981
By installing a computerized energy management system in only four of its schools, the Portsmouth (Virginia) school district has cut its electrical use 23 percent. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Climate Control, Computer Science, Electronic Control, Elementary Secondary Education
Tosti, Donald T. – NSPI Journal, 1980
Provides a descriptive 10-step format to be used for conveying some basic concepts of instructional technology to clients, and for focusing the consultant-client interaction, both during initial project definition and throughout project implementation. (Author/MER)
Descriptors: Consultants, Flow Charts, Instructional Design, Instructional Development

Glazer, William M. – Journal of the American College Health Association, 1979
The role and function of mental health professionals as they interact with other faculty on a college campus is examined. (JD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mental Health Programs, Psychiatric Services

Lepkowski, Wil – Chemical and Engineering News, 1979
The application of nonequilibrium thermodynamics could lead to new ways of understanding social processes. (BB)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Economics, Models, Research

Bellotti, Victoria; And Others – Human-Computer Interaction, 1996
Describes a collection of systematic theory-based analyses of a system prototype that inherited its control mechanisms from preexisting systems. Demonstrates that collective use of system and user modeling techniques provides insight into a complex design problem, enabling the examination of design decisions for users and implementation. Discusses…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software Development, Design Requirements, Models
Dick, Walter; Wager, Walter – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 1995
Describes how the instructional systems program at Florida State University has responded to the changes that are required to expand its orientation from instructional technology to performance technology. Changes in several existing courses and the implementation of two new courses in performance systems analysis and electronic performance…
Descriptors: College Role, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology, Higher Education

Kirs, Peeter J. – Journal of Education for Business, 1994
In a role-playing approach to an information systems analysis and design course, students are familiarized with the needs of designers, decision makers, and system users by assuming these roles. The approach increases awareness of process, is flexible, and exposes students to the team approach. (SK)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Design, Educational Environment, Higher Education

Richardson, John V., Jr. – College & Research Libraries, 1999
Examines the reference transaction in library and information science from the perspective of systems analysis, identifies 15 functional requirements of the process, proposes criteria to measure success, illustrates the process using four diagrams of the reference transaction, and suggests future research. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Criteria, Futures (of Society), Library Research, Library Services

Wang, Shouhong – Journal of Education for Business, 1996
In China, 24 undergraduate business students applied data flow diagrams (DFD) to a mini-case, and 20 used object-oriented analysis (OOA). DFD seemed easier to learn, but after training, those using the OOA method for systems analysis made fewer errors. (SK)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Data Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
D'Ambrosio, Donna – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2001
A classification and taxonomy are used to analyze responses from systems analysts in real-world situations. Systems analysts were given a questionnaire in attempt to: (1) determine whether requirements descriptor terms are created and used in real world situations so that they might classify domain processes and objects; (2) if terms are used, try…
Descriptors: Classification, Content Analysis, Data Analysis, Information Systems
Bergman, Lars R.; El-Khouri, Bassam M. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2003
Methodological implications of a person-oriented, holistic-interactionistic perspective in research on individual development are outlined, desirable properties of a mathematical model of a phenomenon are discussed, and selected methods for carrying out person-oriented research are briefly overviewed. These methods are: (1) the classificatory…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Individual Development, Research Methodology, Multivariate Analysis
Fowkes, Kristyn M.; McWhirter, Ellen Hawley – Journal of Career Assessment, 2007
This article critiques existing research on outcomes associated with the use of computer-assisted career guidance systems (CACGS) by middle and secondary student populations. Although widely used, CACGS have been subjected to relatively little empirical outcome research. Limitations identified in the existing CACGS literature include a focus on…
Descriptors: User Satisfaction (Information), Career Guidance, Secondary School Students, Computer Uses in Education