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Kyvik, Svein; Olsen, Terje Bruen – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1986
A study based on data from Norway's four universities shows that administrative load for academics tends to decrease with increasing department size. However, large departments have relatively higher administrative costs than small ones, and in departments where administrative and office functions are poorly developed, academics spend more time on…
Descriptors: College Administration, Departments, Efficiency, Faculty Workload
Download full textSmith, Jana K. – 1985
Streamlining involves the modification of cost-analysis methods to make them more appropriate for the limited time and resources, and immediate information needs, of local-level program evaluations. It can also enhance the reliability and validity of district-level studies. A review of existing texts of cost analysis and of studies of traditional…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Resources, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
Oxendine, W. H. "Butch," Jr. – Campus Activities Programming, 1997
Twenty ideas for reducing program costs are offered to campus activities programmers. They include using technology wisely, avoiding excess outlay of funds, trading for services, seeking donations and sponsors, co-sponsoring events, buying supplies in bulk, requesting discounts, avoiding unnecessary sales taxes, using telephone services…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Extracurricular Activities, Higher Education, Money Management
Creese, Andrew, Ed.; Parker, David, Ed. – 1994
This manual is designed to provide primary health care program managers with guidance on how to use cost analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis as tools to achieve better understanding and management of resource flows. Although it has been prepared primarily for program managers at national, regional, and district levels, other health…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Developing Nations
National Association of College and University Business Officers, Washington, DC. – 1986
Sixty-five cost reduction efforts on college and university campuses are described, as part of the Cost Reduction Incentive Awards Program sponsored by the National Association of College and University Business Officers and the United States Steel Foundation. The incentive program is designed to stimulate cost-effective ideas and awareness of the…
Descriptors: Awards, Building Operation, Campus Planning, College Administration
National Association of College and University Business Officers, Washington, DC. – 1985
Fifty-two cost reduction efforts on college and university campuses are described, as part of the Cost Reduction Incentive Awards Program sponsored by the National Association of College and University Business Officers and the United States Steel Foundation. The incentive program is designed to stimulate cost-effective ideas and awareness of the…
Descriptors: Building Operation, Campus Planning, Change Strategies, College Administration
