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Major, Marci L. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2013
This study was designed to examine the decision-making process for keeping or cutting the music program in one selected public school district. Lekbery School District, in the Detroit suburb of Lekbery, Michigan, had not made extreme cuts to the music program in over 10 years, nor had it specifically targeted the music program when budgets cuts…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, Elementary Secondary Education, School District Spending
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Agasisti, Tommaso; Johnes, Geraint – Education Economics, 2009
We employ Data Envelopment Analysis to compute the technical efficiency of Italian and English higher education institutions. Our results show that, in relation to the country-specific frontier, institutions in both countries are typically very efficient. However, institutions in England are more efficient than those in Italy when we compare…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Efficiency, Foreign Countries, Decision Making
Mathews, Walter M. – 1973
A limited survey was made of course offerings in the area of decision science in educational administration programs. The data indicate that most of the surveyed programs offer at least a component of a course in decision science, and that these courses are relatively new -- most having been initially offered in the past three years. (Parts of…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Decision Making, Doctoral Programs, Educational Administration
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Cudnick, Ted M. – 1977
Management Information Systems are a successful reality at a vast and increasing number of higher educational institutions. This paper examines the need for and justification of the existence of management information systems and explores the various uses of such systems at all types of higher education related organizations with emphasis on the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Directories, Educational Administration, Governance
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Simon, Herbert A. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1993
Describes the current state of knowledge about human decision-making and problem-solving processes, explaining recent developments and their implications for management and management training. Rational goal-setting is the key to effective decision making and accomplishment. Bounded rationality is a realistic orientation, because the world is too…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Uses in Education, Decision Making, Educational Administration
Knezevich, Stephen J., Ed. – 1969
In this era of rapid social change, educational administrators have discovered that new approaches to problem solving and decision making are needed. Systems analysis could afford a promising approach to administrative problems by providing a number of systematic techniques designed to sharpen administrative decision making, enhance efficiency,…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Principles, Budgeting, Critical Path Method
National Swedish Board of Universities and Colleges, Stockholm. Research and Development Unit. – 1977
The transition from an elite university to a mass university has characterized modern university life. The purely quantitative development has been accompanied by a number of changes in the decisionmaking system in higher education. No systematic comparative studies exist of the development of the decisionmaking system. A project is under way at…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Mathews, Walter M. – 1973
A survey of the use of eight decision-science techniques was conducted in a stratified random cample of school districts in the United States. The purpose of the study was to determine the relative use frequency of these techniques in 14 application areas and the potential uses of the techniques in the school districts. The amount of formal…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Cost Effectiveness, Critical Path Method
Speedie, Stuart M.; Sanders, Susan – 1974
"Data Management and Decision Making" is a set of instructional materials designed to teach practicing and potential educational administrators about the uses of operations research in educational administration. It consists of five units--"Operations Research in Education,""PERT/CPM: A Planning and Analysis…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Computer Science Education, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Bruno, 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
Bacchetti, Raymond F. – NACUBO Professional File, 1977
Cost analysis for internal management of higher education institutions is of interest because of the steady state of higher education, concern over management practices, and the expectation that higher education institutions should be more responsive to social planning and public policy concerns and objectives. The nature of the institutions that…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Shoemaker, William A. – 1977
There is increasing evidence that information system development and personnel development within an institution must not only be parallel in sophistication and noncontradictory in design, but also that concurrently developing programs are mutually supportive and increase the effectiveness of each far beyond the capability of either. Management…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Automation, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Science
Sanders, Susan; And Others – 1978
This text provides educational administrators with a working knowledge of the problem-solving techniques of PERT (planning, evaluation, and review technique), Linear Programming, Queueing Theory, and Simulation. The text includes an introduction to decision-making and operations research, four chapters consisting of indepth explanations of each…
Descriptors: Administrators, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Decision Making
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
Cresswell, Anthony; And Others – 1980
The intent of this document is to describe approximately 30 management science and organizational behavioral techniques with practical applications in school business management. Each technique is described by the mechanics of using the technique, specific applications of the technique, and requirements and constraints in the use of the technique.…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Guides, Cost Effectiveness, Critical Path Method