NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Decentralizing Data through Decision-Support Systems: The Impact of Increased Access to Data on Decision Making
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Petrides, Lisa A.; McClelland, Sara I. – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2007
This study examines the impact of a new Decision-Support System (DSS) on decision making in a community college in California. It looks at how attitudes and behaviors about data and their use were impacted by the implementation of a new DSS. The study found that the decentralization of data, through the DSS, produced a shift in terms of an…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Decision Making, Data, Decision Support Systems
Special Feature: An Executive Perspective.
Ryland, Jane N. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1987
The college presidents of Baylor University, Mount Royal College, and the University of Tennessee, Memphis, were interviewed and their views regarding computing and information technology are shared. (MLW)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, College Presidents, Computer Uses in Education
Conversion of Data into Information--Or, Now that the Administrative Systems Are in Place, How Do You Fully Use Them?
Lukesh, Susan S. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1988
Decision support systems integrate information from multiple data sources, both internal and external, to produce concise analytic reports for both decision making and planning. The administrator requiring information for decision making is usually not concerned with daily, detailed changes, but rather with aggregated numbers, from fixed points in…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Data Collection