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Bandy, Jim – Performance Improvement, 2010
Many companies struggle with the question of when to take a manual training process online. For most, the internal conflict comes from a belief that the course development costs will be astronomical, making the process cost-prohibitive. However, the facilities expense and that of hiring qualified professors, combined with the rising trend of busy…
Descriptors: Corporations, Online Courses, Job Training, Program Development
Neely, Patricia W.; Tucker, Jan P. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2010
Many colleges and universities are expanding their current online offerings and creating new programs to address growing enrollment. Institutions often utilize online education as a method to serve more students while lowering instructional costs. While online education may be more cost effective in some situations, college decision makers need to…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, College Faculty, Guidelines, Online Courses
Murray, Adam – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2008
Designed to assist with the management of e-resources, electronic resource management (ERM) systems are time- and fund-consuming to purchase and maintain. Questions of system compatibility, data population, and workflow design/redesign can be difficult to answer; sometimes those answers are not what we'd prefer to hear. The two primary functions…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Electronic Publishing, Library Administration, Web Sites

Smith, Rodney P. – Educational Leadership, 1972
Outlines the two opposing views of PPBS. (MB)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Planning, Management Systems

Pershing, James A.; Schwandt, Thomas A. – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 1980
The rational application of planning tools is discussed in relation to four decision-making settings. The requirements, advantages, and disadvantages of cost-effectiveness analysis are examined in terms of their appropriateness and applicability to vocational education planning. (SK)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Objectives, Human Capital
Millett, John D.
College and university faculties and students often dislike being reminded that the organization of which they are a part is an economic enterprise. Yet, each individual college and university is an economic entity, substantially concerned with obtaining and utilizing economic resources. In the process of getting and spending, colleges and…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Gainous, Fred – Florida Vocational Journal, 1977
A vocational teacher, assessing the significance of the new federal legislation for Florida teachers, reviews techniques that can be applied to the decision-making process of vocational educators responsible for the allocation of dollars to various vocational programs. (JT)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Alvir, Howard P. – 1974
The knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for an administrator, who is an evaluation layman, to design an educational evaluation system are presented. Five aspects of an evaluation project are investigated: (1) the need for sound, clearly articulated, and current research to serve as a framework for evaluation; (2) the essential features of a…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Administration
James, W. L. G. – Education Canada, 1972
Author gives some indications that PPBS can be a useful tool in promoting efficiency and accountability. (Author)
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Finance
Burud, Sandra L.; And Others – 1984
This book for employers interested in establishing child care programs is organized into five major topic areas. Part One provides an overview of employer-supported child care. Part Two discusses the processes of identifying and estimating benefits of child care to companies, and tax considerations. Part Three presents practical guidelines and a…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Delivery Systems, Early Childhood Education
Hoffman, Cynthia K. – 1979
This guidebook, the second in a series of three, (plus a linker's guide) is intended to aid educational personnel in the selection of programs and materials best suited for specific schools and needs. The first section of the guide enables educators to develop detailed estimates of the costs for each program under consideration. The second section…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Instructional Materials
Corrigan, Robert E. – 1969
Educational management programs have planned outcomes that can be achieved through alternative routes. Methods-means selection is a systematic approach to choosing the most favorable route. "Methods" refer to the specific strategies and "means" refer to the actual resources and personnel used to carry out the chosen method. This systems analysis…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Planning
Trenton Public Schools, NJ. – 1971
This report, a clear statement of how one district developed a planning system, offers both a theoretical and a practical approach to providing the superintendent, his staff, and the board of education with a comprehensive planning system instrument for making policy decisions and allocating resources. Also provided are guidelines for involving…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Programs, Models
Hagen, John – 1968
Literature on program budgeting is synthesized. Program budgeting has progressed considerably in development and use, but only recently has it been used by the public schools. Program budgeting is practiced differently, depending on the mission of an organization or school district. With regard to schools, literature on the subject is mainly…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Parker, Charles A. – 1973
This report explores the need for cost-benefit analysis in non-traditional education for the disadvantaged and presents practical suggestions and steps needed to carry out an effective analysis, based upon the experiences in the Community College of Vermont. Steps in such an anslysis include: (1) understand the informational needs of the various…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Disadvantaged, Educational Innovation