The Technical University of Denmark has tried to free resources in a stagnant or declining budget for development of new subject areas by planned contraction of ordinary activities, with only moderate success due to low mobility and strong specialization of the scientific staff. A more realistic planning system has been introduced, using…

This study investigates the resource allocation problem of faculty hiring and promotion patterns using the techniques of optimal control theory. The mathematical structure of an academic faculty is described by a linear dynamic model whose parameters were estimated from actual data by two different techniques. The principal characteristics of the…

A Swiss technological institute's 10 years' experience with resource allocation based on competitive research project selection, originally conceived to preserve flexibility in a staffing crisis and found to be an efficient research management tool, is outlined and discussed. (MSE)

This study determines the periods of peak demands on library services in the Radford University Library, establishes staffing profiles to meet these demands, and projects changes in staffing levels which may in the future modify the library's service capabilities. It is divided into three parts, the first of which applies a data analysis of…

The origin and objectives of the HIS, MSAR, TUSS, and Gern models are explained and main characteristics are compared regarding: estimates of student numbers, teaching curricula, size of groups, hourly workload of teaching staff, calculation of space requirements, non-teaching staff, operating and capital budgets. Pooling of efforts is…

Offers advice to administrators and faculty in small colleges on planning, building, and managing campus computer networks. Also included are observations about the network as a strategic asset, funding and staffing issues, and planning for unexpected results. (Author/MSE)

Reallocation of positive reductions in staffing and urgent retrenchments will require a consistently open process. A forced-choice decision-making environment will focus greater attention on the legitimacy and trustworthiness of the decision-making process. (Author/MLW)

A case study is presented of an institutionally-based project for resource allocation and planning. The University of Michigan uses interinstitutional data to address the problem of assessing the equitability of staffing and funding among its schools and colleges. (Author/LBH)

Describes the development and validation of the staff activity record in an inventory of professional job functions used to describe through daily time recording patterns of personal resource allocation. Relationships among actual time and counselors' estimates of time spent together with preferred use of time are examined. Implications are…

This comparative study is broadly divided into two parts. The first presents a simple approximate internationally data-based university overall mathematical resource model derived from an original analysis of a 15-university international sample from the CERI (Center for Educational Research and Innovation) 1968/1969 Information Survey. It…

A model of departmental support expenditures is constructed. The requirements for administrative and technical staff and for operating funds of a university's academic units were analyzed, and these were related to a number of quantitative characteristics of the units. (Author/MLW)

A survey identified several factors and trends in staff utilization, including limited institutional authority in staff assignment, limited use of formula staffing, less efficiency in nonmetropolitan colleges, use of part-time staff in direct proportion to school size, and staff/student ratio inversely related to school size. (MSE)

Since 1975 the allocation of the academic staff at the University of Leyden has been based on a limited range of tasks and means. An allocation model for technical and administrative staff is described. Some remarks covering aspects related to the structuring of models are provided. (Author/MLW)

Describes components critical to effective leadership. Focuses on organizational patterns, such as comparison groups and restructuring; staffing patterns, including admissions and diversity; and budgeting, such as sources of budgets, student affairs, alternative funding sources, and privatizing and outsourcing. Claims that the effective…

Relates how the increasing desire to use more technology in enrollment management raises complex issues of management and decision making, including vision, control, leadership, and cost. Explores vendor partnerships, training, the impact of technology on staff, staff input on development of new systems, time lines, and the use of objective,…