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Verhaeghe, Goedele; Schildkamp, Kim; Luyten, Hans; Valcke, Martin – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2015
As data-based decision making is receiving increased attention in education, more and more school performance feedback systems (SPFSs) are being developed and used worldwide. These systems provide schools with data on their functioning. However, little research is available on the characteristics of the different SPFSs. Therefore, this study…
Descriptors: Management Information Systems, Systems Analysis, Computer Software Reviews, Computer Software Evaluation
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Geng, Lihua – Higher Education Studies, 2011
In the process of textbook management of universities, the flow of storage, collection and check of textbook is quite complicated and daily management flow and system also seriously constrains the efficiency of the management process. Thus, in order to combine the information management model and the traditional management model, it is necessary…
Descriptors: Management Information Systems, Information Management, Database Design, Database Management Systems
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Grooms, James; Kline, Douglas; Cummings, Jeffrey – Information Systems Education Journal, 2016
Capstones have become an integral part of many information systems programs, both at the undergraduate and graduate level. One of the challenges can be tracking the process from the start of the capstone to completion. This paper describes the analysis, design and implementation of a web application for the approval workflow of a master's program…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Information Systems, Masters Theses, Management Information Systems
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King, Michael A. – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2009
Business intelligence derived from data warehousing and data mining has become one of the most strategic management tools today, providing organizations with long-term competitive advantages. Business school curriculums and popular database textbooks cover data warehousing, but the examples and problem sets typically are small and unrealistic. The…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Problem Sets, Corporations, Statistics
Bergner, Terry; Smith, Nancy J. – Data Quality Campaign, 2007
Imagine if, at the start of the school year, a teacher could have detailed information about the academic history of every student in her or his classroom. This is possible if the teacher can log on to a Web site that provides access to an educational data warehouse. The teacher would see not only several years of state assessment results, but…
Descriptors: Database Design, Database Management Systems, Management Information Systems, State Programs
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Bosc, Patrick; Dubois, Didier; Prade, Henri – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1998
For about 10 years, several proposals to deal with ill-known information in database management systems have been made, and extensions of the relational data model have been proposed. An overview of functional dependencies is provided, and the connection between fuzzy functional dependencies and database design is discussed. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Database Design, Database Management Systems, Information Management
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Harvey, Stephen – International Journal of Educational Development, 2004
This article reports on the experiences of the Kimberley Thusanang Project (KTP). It proposes that the project's use of a database system as a management tool represents a significant development in the design of effective education projects in South Africa. The article describes how this system assists project management in overcoming two key…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Educational Development, Educational Administration
Wilkinson, L. David; And Others – 1993
This paper describes the first-year results of Distributive Information Systems for Campuses (DISC), a project implemented in the Austin Independent School District (Texas). The goal was to increase the data access and information-generating capabilities of campuses by decentralizing data manipulation functions, while maintaining centralized data…
Descriptors: Computers, Data Processing, Database Design, Database Management Systems
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Hayman, Lynne M. – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1997
Describes a database designed to manage a serials preservation project in which issues from multiple repositories are gathered and collated for preservation microfilming. Management information, added to bibliographic and holdings records, supports the production of reports tracking preservation activity. (Author)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Computer System Design, Database Design, Database Management Systems
Bates, Mary Ellen; Allen, Kimberly – Database, 1994
Discusses applications of Lotus Notes groupware developed by MCI Communications Corporation librarians. The development of administrative databases used for reference request tracking, interlibrary loan, book ordering and other purposes, and corporate wide databases used to disseminate internal and external information are described. The strengths…
Descriptors: Corporate Libraries, Database Design, Database Management Systems, Databases
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Friedman, Debra; Hoffman, Phillip – Change, 2001
Describes creation of a relational database at the University of Washington supporting ongoing academic planning at several levels and affecting the culture of decision making. Addresses getting started; sharing the database; questions, worries, and issues; improving access to high-demand courses; the advising function; management of instructional…
Descriptors: Database Design, Databases, Decision Making, Educational Administration
Armstrong, Jane; Bergner, Terry; Smith, Nancy – Data Quality Campaign, 2008
States have made dramatic progress in the past few years in implementing longitudinal data systems (LDS) to improve student achievement. These systems collect and house student educational data that make it easy for policymakers and practitioners to access and use it for reporting, policymaking and decision making. So much has happened in states…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Longitudinal Studies, Management Information Systems, Program Implementation
Walters, Donald L. – School Business Affairs, 1989
The formats of the school budget and annual financial report are usually prescribed by state regulations. Creative use of data already collected for other purposes will give meaning to a district's financial story. Lists recommended tables for the statistical section of a comprehensive annual financial report. (MLF)
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Database Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Audits
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Cheung, Waiman; Li, Eldon Y.; Yee, Lester W. – Computers & Education, 2003
Metadatabase modeling and design integrate process modeling and data modeling methodologies. Both are core topics in the information technology (IT) curriculum. Learning these topics has been an important pedagogical issue to the core studies for management information systems (MIS) and computer science (CSc) students. Unfortunately, the learning…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Computer Software, Management Information Systems, Computers
Fitterman, Lawrence Jeffrey – 1988
This paper demonstrates the importance of effective planning when using database application programs in exceptional education programs, to more efficiently track students' performance, keep vital information, and create desired reports. The described approach, called the ends-to-means model, calls for developing the database by designing the…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Database Design, Databases, Disabilities
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