Written for Health Systems Agency staff or board members who must analyze and evaluate a certificate of need (CON) application for a medical information system from a hospital, as well as for hospital executives who must prepare and submit such applications, this guidebook is intended to foster better decision-making in the acquisition of medical…

Developed under a contract with the International Council on Archives, these guidelines are designed to emphasize the role of automation techniques in archives and records services, provide an indication of existing computer systems used in different archives services and of specific computer applications at various stages of archives…

Primarily intended to familiarize ADP (automatic data processing) policy and information resource managers with the approach to computer security certification and accreditation found in "Guideline to Computer Security Certification and Accreditation," Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS-PUB) 102, this overview…

This guidance support systems handbook was designed to assist local, regional, or State guidance personnel who wish to develop locally-relevant career information materials. These materials may serve as a career information system or may be used to supplement commercial materials which are national in scope. Sections of the handbook cover…

This booklet is one of a series of publications designed to present a complete system for planning, organizing, and directing the development and operation of individual volunteer programs, as well as the management of a comprehensive volunteer system consisting of many individual programs. This particular booklet discusses the process of…

This publication is intended to help improve the educational planning and evaluation practices of the several hundred small- to medium-sized Wisconsin school districts that do not have a centralized planning staff. Although it was prepared specifically for school districts in Wisconsin, its content is just as useful and applicable to districts in…

Published by National Assembly of State Arts Agencies as a part of a 4-year project to improve arts management and develop national systems for organizing crucial data on arts programs and resources, this manual is a comprehensive publication on information management for nonprofit arts administrators. It includes (1) explanations of manual,…

Presents guidelines for creating a plan for a knowledge system that integrates training, documentation, and support activities for computer-using personnel in a business setting. Benefits of the system are described, including increased user productivity. (LRW)

To improve shiphandlers' training in three surface warfare officers school courses, a study was designed to develop an integrated, career-structured program. Constructing the integrated system involved three tasks: (1) formulate a career-structured shiphandling training unit to enable preparation of curriculum, lesson guides, and measurement…

This document contains volume 2 of a four-volume report which describes the components of the Health Services Mobility Study (HSMS) method of task analysis, job ladder design, and curriculum development. Divided into nine chapters, volume 2 is a method manual directing use of the task analysis instruments. Chapter 1 covers the preparatory stages…