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Smails, Robert A. – Consulting Engineer, 1975
A management consultant company uses a large-scale interactive computer system to enhance the capabilities of its professionals both in the office and in the field. (Author/DN)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computers, Databases, Information Processing
Taylor, Peter D. – CASE Currents, 1983
Publications managers can control production costs, schedule jobs, and maintain correspondence, records, and inventory in more detail and in less time by using microcomputers. Four steps to set up a system are identified: define data, standardize data, create datafile, and maintain datafile. (MLW)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Data Processing, Databases
Stevenson, Michael; Walleri, R. Dan – 1982
The characteristics of application generators and the reasons they are and will be used increasingly in collegiate institutional research are addressed. The incorporation of application generators within a total institutional data and information processing network is also outlined. The analysis considers the often noted "gap" between…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs
Conrad, Lora P.; Bender, Louis W. – 1983
In an effort to shed light on the advent of the computer and its applications at small, two-year colleges, this report describes a national survey and case studies of five small colleges to determine their current use of computer services, the role and method of governance of computer-based information systems, and the policies affecting them. The…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Naginey, Charles H., Ed.; Thomas, Charles R., Ed. – 1979
The development, use, and management of information systems in higher education are examined in these proceedings of the 1979 College and University Systems Exchange (CAUSE) National Conference. General sessions deal with computer management to data resource management and institutional perspective for the 1980's. The remaining sessions are…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Programs, Computers, Data Analysis
Skarulis, Patricia C., Ed.; Thomas, Charles R., Ed. – 1980
The 1980 CAUSE conference focused on how the management information systems area can add to the efficiency and effectiveness of the higher education institution. After acknowledgements and brief notes on general session topics, the papers are presented in six groups: (1) issues in higher education (futures planning, strategic decision-making, and…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Data Processing
Chachra, Vinod; Heterick, Robert C. – 1982
Options for using computers in managing higher education institutions and technological questions are considered in a collection of nine essays developed by the authors for this monograph. An introduction considers historical developments and provides an overview of computing modes and languages. After considering some of the economic and…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Guides, College Administration, College Planning