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Dickson, Gary W. – AEDS Journal, 1970
Discusses control of management information systems and finds a similarity in management of research and development activity. Part II will appear in AEDS Journal, Volume 4, number 2, December 1970. (JF)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Data Processing, Decision Making, Information Systems
Masters, Robert J., II; Munsterman, Richard E. – Journal of Educational Data Processing, 1975
Describes a department-level budgeting system that uses computer assistance. (IRT)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Computer Programs, Data Processing
Cohen, Eugene E. – Studies in Management, 1972
The requisites for the development of sophisticated and meaningful information systems being applied in varying degrees in universities and colleges are discussed. It is suggested that a philosophy that provides for an adequate, reasonable amount of computer power for administrative use is mandatory, and that users should not be slaves to the…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Programs, Data Processing, Databases
Hayes, Robert M.; Becker, Joseph – 1970
The purpose of this book is to assist libraries and librarians in resolving some of the problems faced in utilizing the new computer technology. The intent is to provide a concrete, factual guide to the principles and methods available for the application of modern data processing to library operations. For the librarian it is a handbook to guide…
Descriptors: Administration, Automation, Computer Programs, Data Processing
Bowman, Patrick Awalt – 1971
The problem of managing computer facilities at educational institutions is examined. User categories are defined, and the interrelations between user requirements and the goals/objectives of the facility are discussed. Enumerations of the factors that influence computer facility operations is also accomplished. In addition, management information…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computers, Costs, Data Processing
McGhee, Charlotte – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1984
The way in which Brandeis University moved its administrative data processing capability to an interactive online database environment is described. Brandeis installed a sophisticated program generator that provides a complete tool for system development and lifecycle management. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Programs, Computers, Data Processing
Pasquier, Jacques; Sachse, Matthias – 1974
Costing principles are applied to a university by estimating unit costs and their component factors for the university's different inputs, activities, and outputs. The information system used is designed for Fribourg University but could be applicable to other Swiss universities and could serve Switzerland's universities policy. In general, it…
Descriptors: Accounting, Computer Programs, Conference Reports, Cost Indexes
Driscoll, Glen R. – Studies in Management, 1974
The management of change, with implications for a systems approach to administration, is examined in terms of the uses made of technological and methodological devices. Institutions now have machinery that can present data useful in decision making in a variety of formats; which can build models for expenditure, for student and faculty…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Programs, Cost Indexes, Data Processing
Dwyer, Herbert – Audiovisual Instruction, 1976
At Thornwood High School in South Holland, Illinois, data processing now plays an important role in the development of audiovisual services. (Author)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Computer Programs, Data Processing, Decision Making
Breslow, Martin P. – 1972
The developmental paper, one of a series written as the Management Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE) was conceptualized, is a first attempt to picture the computer system necessary to carry out the project's goals. It describes the basic structure and the anticipated strategies of development of the computer system to be used.…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing
Vigilante, Richard P. – 1981
This monograph introduces educational administrators at a variety of levels to the basic concepts and procedures in the successful implementation of educational computer systems. In the first section, the units and functions of the computer are defined, and the administrative, research, and instructional applications of educational computing are…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Computer Science
Griggs, Robert J.; And Others – 1974
Goodwill Industries of America, Inc. developed a management information system designed to provide rehabilitation workshop managers with information needed to make sound administrative decisions, statistics to measure the outcome of these decisions in terms of service to the handicapped, and the financial resources needed to deliver the services.…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing

Crovello, Theodore J. – American Biology Teacher, 1982
Discusses the use of computers for nine different tasks in biological education: information retrieval, data accumulation, data analysis, simulation and systems analysis, decision making, experimental control, course review, computer-managed instruction, and word processing. (PEB)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction
Skarulis, Patricia C., Ed.; Thomas, Charles R., Ed. – 1980
The 1980 CAUSE conference focused on how the management information systems area can add to the efficiency and effectiveness of the higher education institution. After acknowledgements and brief notes on general session topics, the papers are presented in six groups: (1) issues in higher education (futures planning, strategic decision-making, and…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Data Processing
Amara, Roy – 1974
Summaries of four workshops sponsored by the Institute For The Future (IFF) are presented. Each focuses on a particular aspect of the social impact of computers: (1) computer models and simulations as aids to decision making; (2) the use of computers in financial operations; (3) perceptions, attitudes, and literacy regarding computers (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitudes, Computer Programs, Computer Science Education