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Peer reviewedSchmidt, Thomas C. – Educational Planning, 1973
The rationality of the planning process can be increased by improving the exchange of information that feeds the decision system. (Author/WM)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Planning, Information Systems, Information Theory
Bowman, Patrick Awalt – 1971
The problem of managing computer facilities at educational institutions is examined. User categories are defined, and the interrelations between user requirements and the goals/objectives of the facility are discussed. Enumerations of the factors that influence computer facility operations is also accomplished. In addition, management information…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computers, Costs, Data Processing
Peer reviewedYovits, M. C.; Foulk, C. R. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1985
Describes experiments relating information to decision making. The experiments were developed to validate previously suggested conceptual model of information flow and its relation to decision making and to establish specific values for significant parameters involved. Background and summary of recent research and experimental design and research…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Information Theory
Download full textThayer, Lee; And Others – 1973
Memoranda 17 through 21 are included in Volume 8. (The general nature of the memorandum and related documents are described in SO 005 892). Daniel E. Costello offers a selective review of the literature relating to educational decision processes. Tom Deats provides an essay on reflections and comparisons of knowledge utilization in education…
Descriptors: Communications, Creativity, Decision Making, Educational Innovation
Field, Frank L. – 1969
This is a further clarification of the psychological theory underlying the Information System for Vocational Decisions (ISVD), a prototypic, computer-based, interactive, information quidance system, which is intended to facilitate the realization of purpose. The basic purpose paradigm herein comceptualized consists of a description, largely in…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Decision Making, Guidance
Debons, Anthony, Ed. – 1974
At the 1972 NATO Advanced Study Institute in Information Science the plenary sessions covered four main areas: the nature of information, information technology and its implications, the impact of information technology on social institutions, and professional issues. In addition, working groups were formed which addressed themselves to specific…
Descriptors: Communications, Conference Reports, Data Processing, Decision Making
Humphreys, Edward H.; And Others – 1986
This report presents results of research conducted in 1982 on the management of student information in Ontario. Amendments in 1982 to the Education Act, referred to as "Bill 82," mandated maintenance of student information and documentation of certain decision-making processes. The study examines the bill's legal implications and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Confidential Records, Decision Making, Disclosure
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 14 titles deal with the following topics: written communication flow between administrators and faculty at a community college; an analysis of the perceptions of legislators and university administrators on selected issues;…
Descriptors: Administrators, Annotated Bibliographies, Business Communication, Business Correspondence
