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Kerstetter, Philip P. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1983
The article describes methods used at Gallaudet College to manage information needs regarding personnel, budgets, project timelines, and facilities, using both the mainframe computer and microcomputers. Considerations in the development and maintenance of databases and in the decision to use a mainframe or microcomputers to maintain records are…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Deafness, Decision Making, Management Information Systems
Canipe, Stephen L.; And Others – American School and University, 1983
A School Retrofit Design Analysis System (SRDAS) provides energy modeling analyses of school buildings. SRDAS has three subprograms that consider first, roof, windows, walls, floors, and infiltration sites; second, costs per student, compliance with national energy consumption norms, and electricity costs projections; and third, financial savings…
Descriptors: Administrators, Building Operation, Computer Programs, Decision Making
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
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
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Stephenson, Robert W.; Stephenson, Matilde K. – Information Processing and Management, 1983
Outlines design requirements for situation description, policy specifications, and decision consequences feedback systems of type that could be used to help manage Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) portfolios for large organizations. Several systems are described, and three additional systems design characteristics are…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Decision Making, Man Machine Systems
Barbadora, Bernard M. – 1974
The Cincinnati Public Schools' Information System (SIS) was established in 1970 and is currently an ongoing mechanism serving almost 100 schools. Its overall purpose is to provide data and information to decision-makers in order to optimize decision-making. The system utilizes a Hewlett-Packard 2000C unit and collects data on over 800 variables…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Decision Making, Educational Planning, Elementary Schools
Farquhar, John – 1972
Six reports concerning design of an information system to aid the Los Angeles city schools in implementing accountability and program budgeting are summarized. Extensive interviewing and system analysis led to focusing decisionmaking and accountability on the individual school principal, unlike the present centralized decisionmaking and resource…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Role, Computer Programs, 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
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
Naginey, Charles H., Ed.; Thomas, Charles R., Ed. – 1979
The development, use, and management of information systems in higher education are examined in these proceedings of the 1979 College and University Systems Exchange (CAUSE) National Conference. General sessions deal with computer management to data resource management and institutional perspective for the 1980's. The remaining sessions are…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Programs, Computers, Data Analysis
O'Reilly, Robert P.; Gorth, William P. – 1971
The visible claims of the current accountability movement are examined critically, and an alternative philosophy and a developing system are offered. Areas examined include the psychological implications of accountability philosophies for teaching staff, certain educational measurement problems, and the availability or adequacy of operating…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Behavioral Objectives, Computer Programs
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