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Gaunt, Roger N. – College and University Business, 1971
Implementation of Management Information Systems (MIS) in colleges and universities frequently involves computing equipment problems. (IR)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Data Processing, Equipment Utilization, Higher Education

Carlson, David H. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1986
This article discusses tools developed to aid the systems analysis process (program evaluation and review technique, Gantt charts, organizational charts, decision tables, flowcharts, hierarchy plus input-process-output). Similarities and differences among techniques, library applications of analysis, structured systems analysis, and the data flow…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Decision Making, Diagrams, Flow Charts
Nishimura, Toshio – Technological Horizons in Education, 1983
The Management-Oriented Systems Design Method (MASD) is used by the Institute of Information Technology (Japan) as one of its main training courses. An outline of the curriculum for this course is provided and major MASD features are discussed. (JN)
Descriptors: Computer Science, Computer Science Education, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Pollack, Thomas A. – 1995
This paper presents a newly-revised information technology curriculum and an interdisciplinary curriculum which couples information systems (IS) and computer science. Discussion includes changes in teaching and learning methods; technological developments; partnerships with businesses and educational institutions; a collaborative curriculum…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Information Systems
Clancey, William J. – 1985
A broad range of well-structured problems--embracing forms of diagnosis, catalog selection, and skeletal planning--are solved in expert computer systems by the method of heuristic classification. These programs have a characteristic inference structure that systematically relates data to a pre-enumerated set of solutions by abstraction, heuristic…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Classification, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science

Brember, V. L. – Journal of Documentation, 1985
Presents Checkland's soft systems methodology, discusses it in terms of the systems approach, and illustrates how it was used to relate evidence of user survey to practical problems of library management. Difficulties in using methodology are described and implications for library management and information science research are presented. (8…
Descriptors: Flow Charts, Foreign Countries, Information Needs, Information Systems