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Publication Date: 1976-Dec
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The "Packaged" Approach to MIS: HEPS vs. NCHEMS.
Gardner, Don E.
The dissemination and use of software from the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) has had a definite impact on the development of management information systems in postsecondary education. In addition to the NCHEMS information system products, a computer software package called HEPS (Higher Education Planning System) is also available which provides the same kinds of outputs as the NCHEMS software, as well as reports in areas not covered by NCHEMS. Based on a analysis of documentation and informal interviews with current users of both systems, this paper compares the basic approach of HEPS vs. NCHEMS, outlines some of the basic assumptions underlying the computer programs, compares representative data input requirements and output report formats, and discusses the basic alternatives available to administrators and technicians presented with the availability of two major higher education management information systems (MIS) packages. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Comparative Analysis, Computer Programs, Higher Education, Information Systems, Input Output, Management Information Systems, Use Studies
This paper is available from EDRS in the complete proceedings, The Managerial Revolution in Higher Education: The Role of Information Systems, IR 004 737; it is also available at the cost of reproduction from the College and University Systems Exchange, 737 Twenty-Ninth Street, Boulder, Colorado 80303
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Authoring Institution: College and Univ. Systems Exchange, Boulder, CO.
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