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Clark, Philip M. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1985
Describes the use of online accounting systems as a means of integrating diverse data and providing different levels of analysis for managers. An appendix provides examples of reports produced by online systems. (CLB)
Descriptors: Accounting, Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Cost Effectiveness
Peer reviewedDavis, Donald L.; Grove, Stephen J. – Simulation and Games, 1986
This experiment used simulated production environment to examine empirically two of five management information system design assumptions Ackoff considered erroneous: managers perform better with detailed rather than summarized reports; and managers who are satisfied with needed information perform better than those who are dissatisfied and want…
Descriptors: Administrators, Computer Simulation, Decision Making, Graduate Students
Wholeben, Brent Edward – 1985
A number of key issues facing elementary, secondary, and postsecondary educational administrators during retrenchment require a hierarchical decision-modeling approach. This paper identifies and discusses the use of a hierarchical multiple-alternatives modeling formulation (computer-based) that compares and evaluates a group of solution…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Computer Simulation, Consolidated Schools, Decision Making
