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Anderson, G. Ernest, Jr. – 1971
This paper describes a series of heuristic approaches to helping schools analyze problems by the use of a teletype time-sharing computer terminal. The examples detailed include 1) a Delphi exercise for students; 2) a budgeting model which examines the results of various levels of funding and of changes of relative priorities; 3) a school…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Educational Planning, Information Processing, Linear Programing
Pessemier, Edgar A.; Root, H. Paul – 1972
This paper examines the application of different planning models to the new product development process. Various models are discussed in relation to the four principal stages of the process: product search, project development, market structure analysis, and investment analysis. The authors emphasize that all useful planning models must address a…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Decision Making, Information Processing, Management Systems
Kriebel, Charles H. – 1969
Over the past several years there has been considerable speculation concerning the role, direction, and characteristics of information processing systems in the future. The gap between the technological state of the art in computer-based information processing and today's applied practices in management information systems further clouds the…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Decision Making, Information Processing, Information Systems
Cote, Ron Roy – 1974
The AAMP (administrative abilities matched to problems) system is simply one or more school administrator(s) designated by the school system's computer information system as having those abilities, preferences, and characteristics required to solve a particular system problem. An AAMP is formed on the basis of information provided concerning the…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Processing
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Brethower, Dale M. – 1979
The Total Performance System (TPS) concept, a conceptual tool to aid management of a wide variety of complex systems such as classrooms, courses, schools, and businesses is presented as a unit of analysis for systems approaches to educational and management problems. A description of the TPS concept defines the classroom as a processing system…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Delivery Systems, Educational Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
Council of the Great City Schools, Washington, DC. – 1973
This document examines the design and structure of PMIS (Planning and Management Information System), an information system that supports the decisionmaking process of executive management in local school districts. The system is designed around a comprehensive, longitudinal, and interrelated data base. It utilizes a powerful real-time,…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Databases, Decision Making
Stepp, Ermel, Jr. – 1974
One form of Regional Educational Agency (REA) is the Educational Cooperative, which was under field development for several years by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory, Inc. (AEL) and the United States Office of Education. The program included an evaluation effort, and the general design, instrumentation, and comprehensive bibliography for that…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cooperatives, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis