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Casserly, Michael D. – School Business Affairs, 2011
This article presents an example of the ways in which many large districts are working to dispel long-held myths about inefficient and unresponsive operations, particularly in operational areas, such as transportation, purchasing, food services, and information technology (IT). Determined to improve both academically and operationally, leaders in…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Financial Services, Money Management, Management Information Systems
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Wood, R. Kent; And Others – Instructional Science, 1979
Describes Fault Tree Analysis, a tool for systems analysis which attempts to identify possible modes of failure in systems to increase the probability of success. The article defines the technique and presents the steps of FTA construction, focusing on its application to education. (RAO)
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Failure, Management Systems, Models
McNamara, James F. – Education Tomorrow, 1972
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Planning, Models, Operations Research
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Pinkham, Fred O. – Education and Urban Society, 1970
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Planning, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests
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Stimson, David H.; Thompson, Ronald P. – Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 1974
A linear programing approach to the school busing problem is analyzed in some detail. Six different linear programing models allow examination of the effects of changes in the parameters of the models on assignment of students. Various ways in which school officials may use the solutions to the models and the postoptimality analysis of the models…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Educational Administration, Educational Planning, Linear Programing
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Yoda, Koji – Educational Planning, 1973
Develops models to systematically forecast the tendency of an educational administrator in charge of personnel selection processes to shift from one decision strategy to another under generally stable environmental conditions. Urges further research on these processes by educational planners. (JF)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Planning, Educational Research, Models
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Lancaster, David; And Others – Educational Management and Administration, 1983
Major literature is reviewed in the course of describing and assessing the role of operations research (OR) in educational administration. Increased use of OR approaches in education and a compounding of the present disagreement about the application and potential of OR are forecast. (MJL)
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Cleary, Robert E. – Planning for Higher Education, 1976
An account of planning's evolution at American University emphasizes the importance of building flexible working relationships among the various representatives of the university community and the planning staff, in support of the faculty-student relationship at the core of the learning process. (Editor/LBH)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Role, Educational Planning, Higher Education
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Brookes, J. E. – Education and Urban Society, 1970
Descriptors: Construction Needs, Construction Programs, Educational Administration, Educational Facilities Design
Educational Service Bureau, Inc., Arlington, VA. Administrative Leadership Service. – 1968
This study, based primarily on the experience of Seattle, Washington, deals with the application of the systems approach to educational planning. Section 1 defines and describes the concept of a system and the systems approach, and gives a general introduction to the use of systems analysis. Section 2 describes the development and use of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Planning, Instructional Improvement
General Learning Corp., Washington, DC. – 1968
A visual, as well as verbal, description is presented of the process by which an educational facility was planned and built in Boston. The graphic display of the generic process represents specific considerations regarding--(1) the development of a capital improvement program, (2) site selection, acquisition and preparation, (3) educational…
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Construction Programs, Critical Path Method
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Tanner, C. Kenneth – Educational Planning, 1973
Discusses eight computer assisted planning models that are amenable to the improvement of decisionmaking; explains the feasibility of involving systems analysis and operations research in educational decisions; and suggests a minimal program designed to prepare educational planners with knowledge of computer assisted planning models. (Author/JF)
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Computer Graphics, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness
Alameda County School Dept., Hayward, CA. PACE Center. – 1966
This ESEA Title III report describes fault tree analysis and assesses its applicability to education. Fault tree analysis is an operations research tool which is designed to increase the probability of success in any system by analyzing the most likely modes of failure that could occur. A graphic portrayal, which has the form of a tree, is…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Critical Path Method, Educational Planning, Educational Research
Alkin, Marvin C.; Bruno, James E. – 1970
Any general systems approach has five basic elements, which serve as the tasks for the researcher using systems analysis. The five are (1) the objectives, (2) the alternatives, (3) the costs, (4) the model (or models), and (5) the decision rule. With these five steps, the researcher should be able to specify the objectives, select alternatives,…
Descriptors: Costs, Critical Path Method, Decision Making, Educational Planning
Massy, William F. – NACUBO Professional File, 1975
The critical importance of planning in higher education is addressed. The challenge to planning is seen not just as alleviating the current pressures, but in assuring that the traditions of independence, creativity, and intellectual excellence survive. The planning process at Stanford University is described. For the university, the process of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Decision Making, Educational Finance, Educational Planning
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