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Hodel, Ross A. – School Business Affairs, 1980
Zero-base budgeting is a management tool that provides a system that is responsive to change, incorporates sound principles of management, satisfies the need to effectively shift resources, and does not overload the budget staff. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgeting, Decision Making, Educational Finance
Download full textMiller, Irving – 1974
Program objectives and fiscal accountability were combined as program budgeting was developed in a local school district. This approach to budgeting increased staff involvement, emphasized the system approach, and improved communications. The budget development process is described and documented through one school year. (Author/DW)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Decision Making, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives
Lee, Sang M.; Van Horn, James C. – 1983
A systematic approach to the management of higher education institutions is described. The methodology combines administration by objectives (ABO), a management technique that helps academic administrators structure decisions in a systematic manner, with goal programming (GP), a decision-science tool that is ideally suited to the analysis of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, College Planning, Conflict Resolution
Bers, John A. – 1977
This paper summarizes the methods used by a "developing institution" (Gadsden State Junior College) to arrive at an institution-wide system of long-range planning and management by objectives. A needs assessment identified the following areas which more systematic planning and management might address: a contraction of the college's resource base,…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Policy, Administrator Responsibility, Budgeting
Knezevich, Stephen J. – The Executive Review, 1981
Interest in the Planning, Programming, Budgeting System (PPBS) has waned over the last five years for several reasons. Early rhetoric about PPBS obscured its true character and promised more than it could deliver. Initially, few had the competencies needed to implement it. It is often wrongly believed to be solely a budgeting system. Finally,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgeting, Computer Science, Decision Making
Grossbard, Stephen I. – 1975
The planning, programming, budgeting system (PPBS) is an instrument to help policy-makers assign priorities and allocate resources. It does not seek to computerize what is essentially a political process, nor is it intended that the statisticians and cost accountants take over functions that properly belong to the political decision-maker. PPBS is…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Calder, Carol, Comp. – 1979
This directory provides a source of nonprint materials for educators who seek multimedia resources in the field of administration. The nonprint materials listed include 16mm films, videotapes, audiotapes, multimedia kits, filmstrips, and simulations. Concentration is on topics of interest in the planning of workshops or seminars, the training of…
Descriptors: Administration, Arbitration, Audiovisual Aids, Budgeting
