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Download full textCook, Desmond L. – 1968
The nature and extent of systems analysis in education is discussed in terms of the following specific applications: (1) Instructional systems where the concern is with the components of the system (e.g., teachers, students, material to be taught, or audiovisual systems) and their interaction in the learning process, (2) project management systems…
Descriptors: Administration, Information Systems, Instruction, Operations Research
Sire, Paul W. – AEDS J, 1969
Descriptors: College Administration, Guides, Information Systems, Management Information Systems
Coll Univ Bus, 1969
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Economics, Educational Planning
Peer reviewedShaw, Robert C. – Child Welfare, 1982
Argues for the use of decentralized decision-making and information systems as the best aids to intelligent decision-making when determining funding priorities for human services. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Decentralization, Decision Making, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedJackowski, Edward M. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1988
Discusses the role that information resource management (IRM) plays in educational program-oriented budgeting (POB), and presents a theoretical IRM model. Highlights include design considerations for integrated data systems; database management systems (DBMS); and how POB data can be integrated to enhance its value and use within an educational…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Data Processing, Database Management Systems, Educational Finance
Farquhar, J. A. – 1971
It has been argued that the answer to public and political demands for a more responsive educational system lies in the practice of accountability. The future implementation of program budgeting may offer an attractive vehicle for accountability. Currently, many California school districts use the California Educational Information System (CEIS)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrators, Decision Making, Information Needs
Farquhar, John; Boehm, Barry – 1971
The design of an information system for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is described in this the first in a series of six reports. The system is designed to support educational accountability--the concept that schools and educators should be held responsible (accountable) for educational results. The information system represents…
Descriptors: Accountability, Decision Making, Design, Education
Rapp, Marjorie – 1971
The basic data requirements for making educational program decisions in an accountability-oriented setting with the school principal as the focal point of the process are detailed in this report. The emphasis is on collecting and disseminating data now available within the school system. These data fall into six categories: school descriptors,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Collection, Decision Making, Education
Hjerppe, Roland; And Others – 1978
Due to complications that arose after the change of government in Portugal, staffing problems at the Portuguese Centro de Documentacao Cientifica e Tecnica (CDCT) were not resolved until March 1977. As a result, the cooperative program between Portugal and Sweden for scientific and technical information and documentation fell behind its original…
Descriptors: Databases, Documentation, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination
California Joint Occupational Preparation Task Force, Sacramento. – 1975
The California Manpower Management Information System Project (CMMISP) is charged with the task of developing and implementing procedures for gathering and disseminating information to be used for comprehensive educational planning, manpower planning, and career counseling and guidance of students and individuals. Four factors essential to the…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Information Dissemination, Information Needs, Information Services
Belland, John C. – 1973
Presented is a transcript of testimony for the Senate Subcommittee on the Handicapped. Considered is the role of the National Center on Educational Media and Materials for the Handicapped (NCEMMH) in regard to needs assessment, field testing, and quality control of instructional materials as well as in coordinating the development of a national…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Media, Educational Technology, Evaluation
Jantsch, Erich – 1969
This document presents papers and discussions from an OECD-sponsored conference of international experts on forecasting and planning techniques. The 15 papers discuss the need for planning and its relationship to some major feature of society such as technology, information systems, organizations, government, or social change. In addition to…
Descriptors: Conferences, Decision Making, Information Systems, International Programs
Farquhar, John; And Others – 1971
The functional design of the information system proposed for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is detailed in this report. The design specifies input data, processing, file formats, and report formats. The implemented system will provide information in four general areas: personnel, program/budget, educational results, and community…
Descriptors: Accountability, Decision Making, Design, Education
Cook, Desmond – 1968
Management science is defined as the basic process or function of rational decision making. The concept of educational research is expanded to include use of new management techniques developed by the private sector which are adaptable to decision making in the total educational context. Four trends in the field of educational research are briefly…
Descriptors: Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Planning
PDF pending restorationOhio State Univ., Columbus. Research Foundation. – 1974
The project continuation proposal submitted for the Information Services of the National Center on Educational Media and Materials for the Handicapped by the Ohio State University Research Foundation to the Bureau of Education of the Handicapped in 1974 contains budgets and goals of the Information Services' three projects: National Instructional…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children, Information Dissemination
