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Peer reviewedHales, H. Lee – CEFP Journal, 1984
As the cost of computing decreases, computer aids are becoming readily available for facility planning, construction, and operation; three important technologies are decision support systems, computer-aided design, and management information systems. This article discusses the applications and availability of these systems, hardware and software…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Computers, Costs
Clark, Phillip M. – Library Administration & Management, 1989
Describes some of the available software and hardware tools that can be used to develop a decision support system implemented on microcomputers. Activities that should be supported by software are discussed, including data entry, data coding, finding and combining data, and data compatibility. Hardware considerations include speed, storage…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Data Processing, Database Design, Database Management Systems
Aiken, Milam W. – School Business Affairs, 1995
A Group Support System (GSS) is a network of microcomputers with software for the support of meetings and other group work. Using a GSS, meeting participants are able to brainstorm by submitting comments over the network, ranking and rating items in a list, and performing collaborative work. GSS provides anonymity, parallel communication, and…
Descriptors: Automation, Decision Support Systems, Electronic Classrooms, Electronic Mail
Download full textO'Brien, Colleen M., Comp. – 1997
This step by step booklet aims to help individuals with the decision-making processes in choosing careers. First, in the "Dreaming" phase, readers are asked to list all possible careers they would ideally like to pursue. Next, a "Self-Assessment" should be done, in which the realities of life circumstances are also considered…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Planning, Community Colleges, Decision Making
Peer reviewedKassicieh, Suleiman K.; Nowak, John W. – Information Processing and Management, 1986
Discusses importance of academic planning and describes a model-based decision support system for academic units in a university hierarchy. This system integrates macro-level decisions by examining individual departments' budgets to determine future plans. Quantitative techniques for forecasting change are reviewed, including use of spreadsheet…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Budgeting, Computer Simulation, Databases
Beitler, Michael A.; Frady, D. Allen – 2001
Expatriate managers, especially United States managers working in foreign countries, experience very high failure rates. Costs of these expatriate management failures are very high for the managers, who report personal relationship problems and a fear of career derailment, and for their companies, in terms of opportunity and hard costs. This…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Counseling
