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Koufogiannakis, Denise – College & Research Libraries, 2015
The objective of this qualitative study was to identify and explain challenges encountered by academic librarians when trying to incorporate evidence into their practice. The findings resulted in the identification of five main determinants that act as either obstacles or enablers of evidence use. The identification of these determinants provide…
Descriptors: Evidence, Decision Making, Library Administration, Academic Libraries
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Moogan, Yvonne J. – International Journal of Educational Management, 2011
Purpose: Issues such as managing brand image, assessing advertising medium effectiveness and collecting market intelligence are common practice for higher education institutions (HEIs). Consequently, understanding the information needs of potential students to the HEI when they make their decisions is paramount. The aim of this survey is to…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Information Needs, Information Sources, Enrollment Management
Sidey, Hugh – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1978
A U.S. President will be no better at his job than the information he gets. Above all else, he needs an early warning system about ongoing domestic programs. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Administrators, Decision Making, Federal Government, Information Needs
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Alkin, Marvin C. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1975
For purposes of categorizing those things that perhaps determine the extent to which evaluation findings will be utilized, four sets of factors are considered in this paper: (1) the decision maker/decision process, (2) the program and social context, (3) the nature of the evaluator , and (4) the evaluation process/evaluation report. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation, Evaluation Needs, Information Needs
Madey, Doren L.; Stenner, A. Jackson – 1980
Policy Implications Analysis (PIA) is a tool designed to maximize the likelihood that an evaluation report will have an impact on decision-making. PIA was designed to help people planning and conducting evaluations tailor their information so that it has optimal potential for being used and acted upon. This paper describes the development and…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Information Needs, Information Utilization
Dougharty, Lawrence; Haggart, Sue – 1971
The information system for the Los Angeles City School District has been designed to provide relevant information in a readily available and concise manner. Equally important to the effectiveness of the information system, however, is that the decisionmaker have the capability to actually use the information. This report describes an in-service…
Descriptors: Course Content, Decision Making, Educational Administration, Information Needs
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Hayman, John L., Jr. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1974
Improvement in education clearly depends on improved management practice, which, in turn, depends on more effective information systems. The kind of management information systems needed in education in the seventies is referred to in the literature as a "fourth generation" system, one that focuses on the decision process and is developed in terms…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Planning, Information Needs, Information Utilization
Roth, Theodore C. – American School Board Journal, 1971
Proposes an instructional program monitoring system which would gather, tabulate, and analyze -- at a central source and at regular intervals -- some continuous evidence of the degree to which defined program goals are being attained. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Decision Making, Guidelines, Information Needs
Lawrence, John E. S.; Cook, Thomas J. – 1981
As the procedures of evaluation research have developed during recent years, it has become clear that the results of evaluation studies have failed to provide policy decision makers with useful information. An approach towards designing and implementing more useful evaluations--the stakeholder survey--is discussed. Stakeholders are individuals, or…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Information Needs, Information Utilization
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Wolanin, Thomas R. – Policy Studies Journal, The Journal of the Policy Studies Organization, 1976
Available from: Policy Studies Journal, 361 Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, $2.50 single copy.
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Higher Education
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Tetlow, William L. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1983
The effective communication of desired information between the generator and the user requires one to accommodate variances in decision-making style, behavior, and context. The premise that decision making in organizations follows the classic rational model is discussed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, Data Collection, Decision Making, Higher Education
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Feldman, Martha S.; March, James G. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1981
Organizations systematically gather more information than they use, yet continue to ask for more. This may be partially explained by the fact that the use of information is embedded in social norms that make it highly symbolic. Implications of such a pattern of information use are discussed. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Information Needs
Francis, John Bruce – Journal of Educational Data Processing, 1974
The Attitude Information System should provide a means of achieving the accuracy and credibility of survey techniques, the speed and specificity of public opinion polls, and the easy access of management information systems for crucial information about attitudes of the university constituency. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Computer Oriented Programs, Decision Making, Higher Education
Jones, Dennis P. – 1982
Data and information needs of college administrators are discussed, along with the uses of information to support decisionmaking. Difficulties in applying information technology to the administration of higher education are briefly reviewed. Data and information are discussed both in definitional and functional terms. Data are defined as either…
Descriptors: College Administration, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Higher Education
Anderson, Jim – School Administrator, 1987
Selecting an appropriate school district information system means obtaining the best features while sacrificing few that are desirable. Evaluation criteria include scope of work; integration of modules; accuracy of attendance module; checking "power" for attendance; a fast scheduler; graduation requirements capabilities; and before adoption,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Information Needs
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