Descriptor
| Cost Effectiveness | 6 |
| Operations Research | 6 |
| Problem Solving | 6 |
| Management Systems | 3 |
| Systems Analysis | 3 |
| Administration | 2 |
| Decision Making | 2 |
| Educational Administration | 2 |
| Graphs | 2 |
| Models | 2 |
| Program Evaluation | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Author
| Alexander, William Richard | 1 |
| Axford, H. William, Ed. | 1 |
| Bruno, James E. | 1 |
| Chuang, Ying C. | 1 |
| Fox, James N. | 1 |
| Smith, Martin E. | 1 |
| Westerman, Mel | 1 |
Publication Type
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Administrators | 1 |
| Practitioners | 1 |
| Researchers | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Smith, Martin E. – Improving Human Performance Quarterly, 1978
Discusses and responds to criticisms of ten indices proposed for monitoring the operations of a training development group as a means of detecting problems and evaluating the impact of management decisions: productivity, timeliness, effectiveness, project efficiency, curriculum efficiency, cost, value, developmental process, personnel development,…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Graphs, Instructional Development
Westerman, Mel – 1985
The greater organizational complexity of libraries and information centers in recent years has given rise to more complex problems for managers. To facilitate solutions, operations research (OR) techniques have been developed that consider the quantitative dimensions of problems along with their political and organizational aspects. Eight standard…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Information Centers, Library Administration, Management Systems
Alexander, William Richard – School Business Affairs, 1993
School districts experiencing student transportation problems along with limited staff ability and time, and extremely sensitive issues, can benefit from a transportation consultant. A pupil transportation consultant can assist districts in management studies, staff development, and operations. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administration, Consultants, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textBruno, James E.; Fox, James N. – 1973
The demand for administrators and specialists trained in quantitative concepts and skills has increased across the last decade mainly as a result of the accountability movement. Quantitative methods can greatly assist the school administrator in certain decisionmaking processes, although it is essential that he be able to distinguish between those…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Education, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Axford, H. William, Ed. – 1973
These proceedings include four articles intended to familiarize librarians with many facets of operations research and how they might be applied to their institutions. The first paper provides a brief definition of operations research. The second presentation, by Ralph Shoffner, relates, in the form of concrete examples, the questions one asks…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Bookkeeping, Conference Reports, Cost Effectiveness
Chuang, Ying C. – 1974
The methods of operations research (OR) can make many contributions to the solution of the complex problems which beset urban education. OR techniques such as PERT are useful aids to planning school construction, budgets, and research projects. System planning models can be used to represent urban educational systems and to predict the effects of…
Descriptors: Administration, Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Critical Path Method
