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Cook, Desmond L. – 1968
The nature and extent of systems analysis in education is discussed in terms of the following specific applications: (1) Instructional systems where the concern is with the components of the system (e.g., teachers, students, material to be taught, or audiovisual systems) and their interaction in the learning process, (2) project management systems…
Descriptors: Administration, Information Systems, Instruction, Operations Research
Urbach, Peter; And Others – 1968
The Committee was established in September 1967 to study and make recommendations on Recommendation XXIX and XXX of the Report of the President's Commission on the Patent System. Based on interviews with Patent Office officials, patent examiners and classifiers and a review of Patent Office studies and documents, the Committee concluded that the…
Descriptors: Administration, Classification, Cooperative Programs, Documentation
Cook, Desmond – 1968
Management science is defined as the basic process or function of rational decision making. The concept of educational research is expanded to include use of new management techniques developed by the private sector which are adaptable to decision making in the total educational context. Four trends in the field of educational research are briefly…
Descriptors: Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Planning
Woods, Bill M. – 1968
Objectives of this study of the operations of Engineering Index were to: (1) determine the need for a planning capability, (2) blueprint a mechanism to accomplish planning, and (3) recommend priorities requiring planning attention. Topics considered in the study are planning, the role of the board of directors and trustees, organizational…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Automation, Computers
Gubasta, Joseph L. – 1976
This paper outlines several considerations relating to the preparation of information systems for educational managers. College and university managers must have clearly stated needs for planning and management information and the potential uses to which such information could be put. Information systems should be created to satisfy operational…
Descriptors: Administration, Decision Making, Higher Education, Information Needs
LEWIS, DAVID ALFRED – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER IS TO DEVELOP AN INSTRUCTIONAL AND SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM. GOALS, OBJECTIVES, STRUCTURE, AND RESPONSIBILITIES FORM THE FRAMEWORK OF A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM. THE TASK OF A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM IS TO PROCESS RAW DATA IN SUCH A WAY AS TO…
Descriptors: Administration, Bibliographies, Data Processing, Decision Making
COOK, DESMOND L. – 1966
THIS BIBLIOGRAPHIC LISTING OF 109 RELATED ADDRESSES, ARTICLES, BOOKS, MICROFILMS, MONOGRAPHS, REPORTS, AND OTHER ITEMS, PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1959 AND 1968, INCLUDES 39 ITEMS ON NETWORK PLANNING, 48 ITEMS ON RESEARCH MANAGEMENT, 13 ITEMS ON PROJECT SELECTION, AND NINE ITEMS ON PROGRAM MANAGEMENT. (JK)
Descriptors: Administration, Bibliographies, Critical Path Method, Decision Making