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Tucson Public Schools, AZ. – 1971
This publication defines and illustrates approximately 80 terms and concepts that are crucial to understanding the Educational Management Project, a comprehensive inservice program for educational administrators that was developed by the Tucson Public Schools. Annotations for the individual terms vary in length from approximately 30 to 350 words…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Administrative Principles, Decision Making
Peer reviewedLessem, R. S. – Instructional Science, 1974
Paper differentiates managerial performance from management capacity and management style. Methods of structured communication and problem-solving are proposed, in the context of an overall educational working structure, arising out of systematic principles, and oriented towards individualized, integrated and broadly based learning. (Author)
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Policy, Educational Administration, Educational Development
Mulkerne, Donald J. D. – Journal of Business Education, 1972
PERT: A management tool for planning and controlling events and activities necessary for the completion of a project. (SN)
Descriptors: Administration, Business Education, Management Information Systems, Master Plans
Tucson Public Schools, AZ. – 1971
This paper defines and discuss a number of basic concepts relevant to educational administration that form the basis for the Educational Management Project, a comprehensive inservice program for educational administrators that was developed by the Tucson Public Schools. Major topics discussed include educational management, the difference between…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Principles, Administrator Role, Decision Making
Luty, Elanny T.; Metos, Thomas H. – 1971
Most educational management systems currently define organizational roles in terms of the operations to be performed. A more efficient manner of organization might be one that operates in terms of objectives to be reached. One way of implementing such a problem solving structure, would be to assign a particular problem to administrative personnel…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Principles, Administrator Role, Decision Making
Mitroff, Ian – 1997
Ways in which to identify the correct problems to solve thereby avoiding the misappropriation of time, talent, and resources are presented. The text is divided into 3 parts: "The Foundation for Smart Thinking,""How to Solve the Right Problems," and "Systems Thinking for the Systems Age." The chapters under these headings are: Chapter 1, "The…
Descriptors: Administration, Case Studies, Critical Thinking, Decision Making
Download full textBuckner, Allen L. – 1970
Network-based management procedures serve as valuable aids in organizational management, achievement of objectives, problem solving, and decisionmaking. Network techniques especially applicable to educational management systems are the program evaluation and review technique (PERT) and the critical path method (CPM). Other network charting…
Descriptors: Administration, Computers, Critical Path Method, Decision Making
Barbulescu, Constantin – 1976
The number and diversity of the parameters involved in the organization of modern education make it necessary to employ modern management methods and techniques to optimize decisions about the organization and improve the use of available material and financial resources. To accomplish these goals, a systems approach is advisable. A model of any…
Descriptors: Administration, Educational Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Management Systems
Peer reviewedAckerson, Jack – Journal of Interactive Instruction Development, 1995
Discusses how to conduct a top-level analysis of training management functions to identify problems within a training system resulting from rapid growth, the acquisition of new departments, or mergers. The data gathering process and analyses are explained, training management functions and activities are described, and root causes and solutions…
Descriptors: Administration, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Industrial Training
McNamara, James F. – 1971
This document begins by defining and discussing educational planning. A brief overview of mathematical programing with an explanation of the general linear programing model is then provided. Some recent applications of mathematical programing techniques to educational planning problems are reviewed, and their implications for educational research…
Descriptors: Administration, College Administration, Educational Planning, Federal Programs
Knezevich, Steve – 1973
This text is of a series of three handbooks, each intended to provide busy educational executives with a brief, practical overview of one major issue or movement. This book aims at providing both the theoretical base of the management by objectives and results (MBO/R) system of management and suggestions for its practical application. The author…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility
