Gives a brief but current overview of the how to'' stage of PPBES, and where this new concept is after seven years of discussion and experimental application at scattered schools and districts in the nation. Gives the approaches to PPBES and educational resource management by a professor, a school administrator, and a businessman consultant.…

A survey to determine the direction supervisory functions in business are taking is outlined, expressed in terms of the relative importance of current type functions. Four functions standing out most prominently are: setting goals, improving present methods, delegating work, and allocation of manpower. (KP)

Argues that in a planning, programing, budgeting system (PPBS), planning and programing must come first and jointly. As a result of this mix, the author contends, a new form of budgeting develops that unifies goals, programs, and costs, showing both interrelationships and cross-effects. Describes a school district's application of this form of…

An analysis of assumptions underlying acceptance of information systems as a management tool, and some of the implications of computerized data bases for individual rights. (Author/RA)

The author describes a computer-based Instructional Management System...designed to aid teachers in managing their regular classroom instruction" by monitoring every student's performance on behaviorally defined learning objectives. (Author/AK)

Examines the linkage between technological forecasting and corporate planning and offers nine tentative findings to help managers make decisions in practical situations. (Author)

Outline of a framework for conceptualizing the business enterprise-environment relationship, a necessary first step in constructing an effective management control system. (Author/RA)