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Heindel, Allan; Napier, H. Albert – 1979
Following a review of the contributions of computers and managerial science/operations research to the management of libraries, this paper introduces the concept of decision support systems. DSS, a blending of these techniques, can lead to more effective decisions by library managers. A case study of the utilization of a DSS in the budgeting…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Computers, Decision Making, Library Administration
Download full textSISSON, ROGER L. – 1967
OPERATIONS RESEARCH CONCEPTS ARE POTENTIALLY USEFUL FOR STUDY OF SUCH LARGE URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT PROBLEMS AS INFORMATION FLOW, PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF THE DISTRICT, ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION MAKING BOARD POLICY FUNCTIONS, AND THE BUDGET STRUCTURE. OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS REQUIRES (1) IDENTIFICATION OF THE SYSTEM UNDER STUDY, (2) IDENTIFICATION OF…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Bibliographies, Computers, Decision Making
Peer reviewedBrinkman, Paul T. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1984
Computer-based information systems have evolved from emphasizing data processing to providing full and flexible support for management. They have moved from providing mere data to providing a medium for representing knowledge wherein managers can analyze data, formulate ideas, structure arguments, and building models. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, Computers, Data Processing
Smith, Robert D., Ed. – 1970
The one-day conference was sponsored in recognition of the need for increased interaction between education and business on problems related to the potential of man-machine interface and application of this potential to the resolution of social and economic problems. Dr. Van Court Hare in discussing the emerging generation of computer systems…
Descriptors: Computers, Decision Making, Financial Services, Industry
TWELKER, PAUL A.; WALLEN, CARL J. – 1967
THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL USES OF SIMULATION IS INDEXED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE USER. ONLY LIMITED ASPECTS OF MAN-MACHINE INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS ARE CONSIDERED. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE ITEMS ARE RELATED TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL USES OF SIMULATION, SOME ITEMS ARE RELATED TO THE DESIGN OF INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS. THE BIBLIOGRAPHY…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Decision Making
Bonini, Charles P. – 1975
The report begins with a brief examination of the role of computer modeling in management decision-making. Then, some of the difficulties of implementing computer modeling are examined, and finally, the educational implications of these issues are raised, and a comparison is made between what is currently being done and what might be done to…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Change, Administrator Education, Change Strategies
Levien, Roger E. – 1972
By presenting a comprehensive non-technical review of how computers operate, how extensively and effectively they are used, and what they cost, this book provides the lay person substantial information concerning computers in higher education. The major trends in computer development, past and future; the role of the computer in the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science, Computer Science Education
