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Miselis, Karen L. – 1988
Recent changes are examined in the organization and functions of offices of planning and institutional research and in the relationship between those offices and the offices in charge of administrative information systems or data processing. Recent changes of this type at the University of Pennsylvania are discussed. Its metamorphosis is compared…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, College Administration
Irby, Alice J. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1978
The many and varied demands on university computer services are discussed and the importance of an effective data processing system for university management is emphasized. Case studies of computer use in admissions, registration, and billing are presented as well as the role of top level management in implementing data processing. (BH)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Computer Science, Computers
Nicely, H. Phillip Jr. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1979
Several ways for a comptuer services director to effectively manage the resources available for such services are discussed. Case histories from Miami-Dade Community College and other South Florida schools are included. (SF)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, College Planning, Computers
Download full textBrady, Ronald W.; And Others – 1975
Most efforts to achieve more effective administrative computing in higher education have focused on technical questions or on isolated applications required by middle management. Much less attention has been paid to the question of the proper role of administrative computing in the accomplishment of overall institutional objectives. The enormous…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Administrators
Paxton, David J.; Lieberman, Norman J. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1980
Shifts in the content and context of the MIS professional's role at Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, and the resulting impact on system projects are explored. Benefits include user responsibility and increased participation, MIS as a key to user learning system capabilities and limitations, and formation of a MIS-user team. (MLW)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Coordinators, Data Processing
Donald, A. Wayne – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1979
The major information systems at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University are described. The use of the feedback and feedforward controls in planning and projecting administrative functions is examined. (Author/BH)
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Role, Case Studies, Computers
Coleman, D. R.; Bolte, J. R. – 1980
A planning and evaluation model for management information systems (MIS) at the institutional or system level in higher education is presented. The procedure provides an analytical approach for assessing the effectiveness of an existing information system utilizing a variation of the Business Systems Planning methodology developed by the IBM…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Data Processing, Decision Making
