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Kenreich, Todd W. – Geography Teacher, 2016
With the 2016 presidential election right around the corner, geography provides a dynamic view of the spatial patterns and processes that shape the electorate. The major presidential campaigns know that a winning strategy must use geography to make informed decisions about where to allocate limited resources such as money and staff. In the end,…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Political Campaigns, Elections, Resource Allocation
Baldwin, Grover H. – 1986
The use of quantitative decision making tools provides the decision maker with a range of alternatives among which to decide, permits acceptance and use of the optimal solution, and decreases risk. Training line administrators in the use of these tools can help school business officials obtain reliable information upon which to base district…
Descriptors: Accountability, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
LaPlante, Josephine M.; Durham, Taylor R. – 1983
A revised edition of PS-14, "An Introduction to Benefit-Cost Analysis for Evaluating Public Programs," presents concepts and techniques of benefit-cost analysis as tools that can be used to assist in deciding between alternatives. The goals of the new edition include teaching students to think about the possible benefits and costs of each…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Courses, Decision Making
California State Univ., Los Angeles. National Dissemination and Assessment Center. – 1982
The booklet is part of a grade 10-12 social studies series produced for bilingual education. The series consists of six major thematic modules, with four to five booklets in each. The interdisciplinary modules are based on major ideas and are designed to help students understand some major human problems and make sound, responsive decisions to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Instructional Materials, Decision Making, Economics, International Trade
Lucy, William H.; Mladenka, Kenneth R. – 1978
This package contains the student materials for five modules which comprise a portion of the National Training and Development Service Urban Management Curriculum Development Project. These modules focus on the distribution of services in urban areas. Module One presents chapters on service distribution and equity, effectiveness, decision making,…
Descriptors: Community Services, Decision Making, Inservice Education, Library Services
Freund, Eva – 1977
This package contains the instructor and participant manuals for eight modules which comprise a portion of the National Training and Development Service Urban Management Curriculum Development Project. These modules focus on long range strategic planning. The specific modules are: (1) Strategic Planning; (2) Situation Analysis; (3) Setting…
Descriptors: Community Study, Decision Making, Evaluation, Inservice Education
Rabey, Gordon P. – 1979
This guide, which is intended for new supervisors and managers to use in an independent study setting, deals with the key points of effective management. The following topics are discussed in the individual sections: understanding what a manager is and why managers are appointed; setting objectives and achieving results; planning and controlling…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Budgeting, Communication Skills, Decision Making
Barkley, Margaret – 1978
This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on community consumer resources is the second in a set of four core curriculum modules on consumer approach to homemaking education. (This set is part of a larger set of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, Community Resources, Competency Based Teacher Education, Consumer Economics
Petrich, Beatrice – 1981
This eighth of 14 curriculum modules in the Family and Community Services Occupational Education Modules series deals with decision-making and management. These concepts are reviewed and applied to Family and Community Services. Efficient use of time and energy on the job is stressed, and student values are explored in relationship to client…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administration, Behavioral Objectives, Budgeting