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Woolpert, Dan G. – 1976
This paper describes in detail the design and operation of the program budgeting and accounting system developed for use at the Wisconsin Center for Cognitive Learning (CCL), an educational research and development center based at the University of Wisconsin/Madison. The CCL system uses a computer to generate a variety of budget data and…
Descriptors: Accounting, Computer Oriented Programs, Man Machine Systems, Management Information Systems
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McDonald, Joseph – Library Software Review, 1986
Focusing on management decisions in academic libraries, this article compares management information systems (MIS) with decision support systems (DSS) and discusses the decision-making process, information needs of library managers, sources of data, reasons for choosing microcomputer, preprogrammed application software, prototyping a system, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Decision Making, Higher Education
Creager, John A. – 1972
As the first of two papers delineating the design of Massachusetts' Management and Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE), these specific dimensions of MISOE structure and function are considered: (1) the distinction between economic and noneconomic analysis, (2) distinctions among census, sample, and other data, (3) the distinction…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Design Preferences, Economic Research, Educational Planning
Creager, John A. – 1972
Guidelines for basic sampling and weighting procedures for Massachusetts' Management and Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE) are discussed, illustrating solutions relevant for systems development. Disproportionate, stratified random sampling within and across MISOE subsystems will be carried out, with a hierarchical…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Research, Educational Planning
Tiedeman, David V. – 1972
Massachusetts' Management and Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE) arrays data for its dynamic simulation model, which decides educational and instructional policies at the state, school district, and classroom levels, according to this formula: Inputs/Process/Product/Impact. In this monograph linear programed models are…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Design Preferences, Economic Research
Management and Information System for Occupational Education, Winchester, MA. – 1972
Massachusetts Management and Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE) is the prototype for a man machine information system for the statewide management of vocational education at the secondary, post-secondary, and adult levels. Intended to provide a rational process of resource allocation for vocational education as a competitive…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Vocational Education, Coordination, Economic Research