Where does privacy belong in the college/university ecosystem, and what should its relationship be with security and compliance? Are the three areas best kept separate and distinct? Should there be some overlap? Or would a single office, officer, and/or reporting line enable a big picture of the whole? This article examines several of the campus…

This issue of "Assessment Update" presents the following articles: (1) "Just Right" Outcomes Assessment: A Fable for Higher Education (Catherine M. Wehlburg); (2) Editor's Notes: Helping Faculty Members Learn (Linda Suskie); (3) Focus on the Bottom-Line: Assessing Business Writing (Michael Cherry and George Klemic); (4)…

The principal emphasis in Management by Objectives (MBO) in education and other industries is on management planning and problem solving. Organization development attempts to integrate individual needs for growth and development with organizational goals and objectives in order to make a more effective organization. MBO is used to help eliminate…

This publication is the final report of the Illinois Business Management Task Force, which conducted an intensive study of the business and management functions of Illinois' public elementary and secondary schools in 1972. Data for the study were gathered through a survey of a stratified sample of 137 local school districts. The report is…

The purpose of this study is to explore how well a curriculum that combines operations management and information systems uniquely prepares students for the workforce. To address our research questions, a Web-based survey was developed. We sent our survey to 203 alumni that graduated from the Department of Operations Management and Information…