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Direct linkWaldmann, Steve; Strasburger, Tom – School Business Affairs, 2013
The everyday operations of a school district depend on a network of people, including students, teachers, staff, and administrators. However, the ancillary services staff are really responsible for making the school day run smoothly. They are often the first employees that students see in the morning, either on the school bus or in the cafeteria,…
Descriptors: Risk Management, Ancillary School Services, School Business Officials, Case Studies
Download full textSaha, Dhanonjoy C.; Ahmed, Abrar; Hanumandla, Shailaja – Research Management Review, 2011
Conventional wisdom may support the presumed notion that higher expectations increase efficiency and improve quality. However, this claim may only be validated when workers are equipped with appropriate tools, training, and a conducive work environment. This study implements various interventions, observes outcomes, and analyzes data collected in…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Educational Quality, Educational Improvement, Research Administration
Phelps, James L. – Educational Considerations, 2008
The never-ending organizational challenge is to allocate available resources to best achieve its goals. Out of this fundamental question several models have evolved. One is a conceptual model--a way to think about how organizations operate. A second is a statistical model estimating the magnitude of relationships among goals and elements of the…
Descriptors: Productivity, Educational Change, Educational Resources, Organizational Change
Hubbell, Loren Loomis – New Directions for Higher Education, 2007
This article presents working definitions of efficiency, accountability, and quality, offering a framework in which an individual institution can make idiosyncratic use of these definitions, suggests tools for managing educational processes with respect to these three attributes, and presents examples of how institutions have improved efficiency,…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Change, Learning Processes, Accountability
Ku, H.; Fulcher, R. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2007
The aim of the current paper is to share the processes in revising the courseware of the course of "Engineering Management Science" coded as ENG4004, in the Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical, Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic, Computer Systems, Instrumentation and Control), Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Mechanical, Building…
Descriptors: Courseware, Engineering Technology, Computer Software Reviews, Computer Software Evaluation
American Association of School Administrators, Washington, DC. – 1971
ERIC abstracts on educational planning, announced in RIE through December 1970, are presented. The key terms used in compiling this collection are "critical path method,""educational planning,""operations research," and "program budgeting." The following information is presented for each document: Author, title, place of publication, publisher,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Bibliographies, Clearinghouses, Critical Path Method
Anderson, Gene M. – College and University Business, 1973
A system of network scheduling develops successful fund-raising models. (Editor)
Descriptors: Critical Path Method, Financial Support, Higher Education, Institutional Administration
Figgis, Jane; Butorac, Anne; Clayton, Berwyn; Meyers, Dave; Dickie, Mary; Malley, Jeff; McDonald, Rod – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2007
The purpose of this study was to identify the factors which help successful equity initiatives that had been seeded in technical and further education (TAFE) institutes through short-term funding to take root and spread. The report concludes that many equity programs remain stuck in the seeding stage and fail to thrive and grow. It suggests that…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Adult Education, Vocational Education, Performance Factors
Judy, Richard W.; And Others – 1968
In illustrating how systems analysis can aid university planning, a report is presented of the early results of the application of systems analysis to problems of planning in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Analysis is reported of various alternative policies concerning enrollment, curriculum, involvement of teaching, hospitals,…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Critical Path Method, Educational Planning, Input Output Analysis
Platts, C. V.; Wyant, T. G. – Educ Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Critical Path Method, Educational Administration, Educational Planning, Educational Research
Cochran, Leslie H. – J Educ Res, 1969
Descriptors: Critical Path Method, Educational Planning, Educational Research, Educational Strategies
Braun, Susan; Groom, Kenneth N. – 1969
The various tasks that have to be undertaken before the construction of a new school can begin are complex. In Great Britain, the Local Government Operational Research Unit was asked by Northumberland County Council to examine how delays in the preconstruction period might be reduced. A detailed analysis was made of nine school building projects…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Critical Path Method, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
General Learning Corp., Washington, DC. – 1968
A visual, as well as verbal, description is presented of the process by which an educational facility was planned and built in Boston. The graphic display of the generic process represents specific considerations regarding--(1) the development of a capital improvement program, (2) site selection, acquisition and preparation, (3) educational…
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Construction Programs, Critical Path Method
Peer reviewedTanner, C. Kenneth – Educational Planning, 1973
Discusses eight computer assisted planning models that are amenable to the improvement of decisionmaking; explains the feasibility of involving systems analysis and operations research in educational decisions; and suggests a minimal program designed to prepare educational planners with knowledge of computer assisted planning models. (Author/JF)
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Computer Graphics, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness
Alameda County School Dept., Hayward, CA. PACE Center. – 1966
This ESEA Title III report describes fault tree analysis and assesses its applicability to education. Fault tree analysis is an operations research tool which is designed to increase the probability of success in any system by analyzing the most likely modes of failure that could occur. A graphic portrayal, which has the form of a tree, is…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Critical Path Method, Educational Planning, Educational Research
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