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Graczyk, Sandra L. – School Business Affairs, 1993
An introduction to general systems theory and an overview of vocabulary and concepts are presented to introduce school business officials to systems thinking and to foster its use as an analytical tool. The theory is then used to analyze a sample problem: planning changes to a district's administrative computer system. (eight references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Input Output Analysis, Models
Peer reviewedSirotnik, Kenneth A. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1984
Several conceptions of schooling are outcome-bound: input-output models, school effectiveness models, classroom learning models, and systems theory models. Problems with each of these conceptions are identified, followed by a brief discussion of an outcome-free approach in which schools are viewed as cultural ecologies. (BW)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Utilization
Gibbs, Greg K. – 1990
Systems theory and its application to educational administration are discussed in this paper. An extensive literature review concludes that systems analyses are based on the concept of interdependence and on the assumption that the whole may be greater than the sum of its parts. Applications to educational administration include model building,…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Holistic Approach, Input Output Analysis
Spottheim, David; And Others – 1984
This is a summary of a report which presents three models quantifying the relationships between educational means (resources) and ends (pupil achievements) to analyze resource allocation problems within school districts: (1) the Pupil Performance Model; (2) the Goal Programming Model; and (3) the Operational Structure of a School and Pupil…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Decision Making, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives
Spottheim, David; And Others – 1984
This report details three models quantifying the relationships between educational means (resources) and ends (pupil achievements) to analyze resource allocation problems within school districts: (1) the Pupil Performance Model; (2) the Goal Programming Model; and (3) the Operational Structure of a School and Pupil Performance Model. These models…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Decision Making, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives
Graczyk, Sandra L. – 1987
Based on a doctoral dissertation that involved a study of the nation's 100 most successful school computer systems, this report summarizes the study's purpose, scope, methodology, resultant model, general observations, and future implications. The model is divided into two major sections: (1) strategic planning activities, focusing on computer…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Criteria
