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Opel, William – SRA Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1993
Systems dynamics, a computer-based tool for visualizing how parts of an organization work together over time, is a valuable tool in administrative decision making. Feedback loops among elements mimic complicated behavior in real or imagined situations. An experiment using the technique with a simple research funding model validated its utility.…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Decision Making, Financial Support, Higher Education

Wood, William; Finger, Gerald – Planning for Higher Education, 1986
A computer-based simulation model for anticipating the need for college facilities and generating and assessing alternative plans is illustrated with the campus plan for a new community college. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Planning, Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs
Hopkins, David S. P.; Massy, William F. – 1981
Drawing on the authors' extensive experience at Stanford University as well as the work of others, this book offers the first systematic approach to fiscal and human resource planning at colleges and universities. It shows how decision models can and should become an integral part of the planning process. The uses and misuses of planning models in…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Budgeting, College Faculty, College Planning
Sanders, Susan; And Others – 1978
This text provides educational administrators with a working knowledge of the problem-solving techniques of PERT (planning, evaluation, and review technique), Linear Programming, Queueing Theory, and Simulation. The text includes an introduction to decision-making and operations research, four chapters consisting of indepth explanations of each…
Descriptors: Administrators, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Decision Making
Lambert, Roger, Ed.; Rodenstein, Judith, Ed. – 1982
This handbook was designed to help counselors and career development personnel to adopt and adapt to using microcomputers. The 18 papers included in the handbook were written by a cross section of career and counseling professionals as well as experts in microcomputer applications. In the first section of the handbook, the authors examine the…
Descriptors: Administration, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Education