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White, Donald D.; Bednar, David A. – National Productivity Review, 1985
Five categories of common quality circles problems are identified to help firms anticipate difficulties and avert circle failures. These categories include encountered internal problems, encountered external problems, created internal problems, created external problems, and interface problems. Solutions are suggested. (CT)
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Management by Objectives
Fellmy, William R. – School Business Affairs, 1986
The LOTUS 1-2-3's special database management operations are used by school budget officials to display data in a variety of ways to assist their decision making. (MLF)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Data Processing
Simmons, John – Quality Circle Digest, 1985
This article draws on the experience of such firms as People Express, General Motors, and Digital Equipment Corporation to illustrate successful transition from quality circle participation to full participation in management. (CT)
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Management Development, Management Systems, Motivation
Slatta, Richard W. – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1986
Critically reviews more than 20 of the best books for scholars on Ashton-Tate's dBase II and dBase III relational database management programs for microcomputers. Books are arranged by category: beginning and advanced programming guidance, program listings, and reference. A comprehensive bibliography of dBase books in print is also included. (56…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Books, Computer Software, Content Analysis
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Collins, J. Stephen – Educational Record, 1983
A methodical, goal-oriented system for identifying and correcting the weaknesses of institutional management without undermining that institution's strengths and general character is described. The program, developed by the United Negro College Fund, is called the Integrated Systems Approach to Improving Management. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, Higher Education, Management Systems, Problem Solving
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Yates, JoAnne – Journal of Business Communication, 1985
Sketches the development of business graphs in America. Examines their early use at Du Pont and the origin of the chart room around 1920, an important factor in the executive control systems at Du Pont. Draws lessons from this case study for managers and teachers of business communication. (PD)
Descriptors: Business, Business Communication, Case Studies, Charts
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Mendenhall, Mark; And Others – Group and Organization Studies, 1983
Reviews current organizational development and training practices in two articles of a special section. The first compares OD philosophy with McGregor's integrative approach. The second article discusses contributions OD practice can make to theory, including modifying existing theories, addressing new problems, and exploring the internal logic of…
Descriptors: Consultants, Management Development, Management Systems, Organizational Development
Dhir, Krishna S. – Community College Frontiers, 1977
Strategic management activities focus on the establishment and maintenance of a working relationship between the college and its community. They must be distinguished from operations management activities which deal mainly with internal factors. This article highlights the role of strategic management in the conduct of the community college. (DC)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, College Administration, Community Colleges
Selby, Stephen E. – American School and University, 1976
Describes management procedures developed and utilized by Yale University for managing and budgeting capital projects. (JG)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Educational Administration, Educational Finance
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, 2006
The following topics are included in this update: (1) Comparison of West Virginia classification and compensation systems to those of the University of Michigan, the University system of Maryland, and the University of North Carolina; (2) Classification and Compensation System Training, including an agenda and summary of a two-day seminar devoted…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Management Systems, Marketing, Employees
Epstein, Jonathan A.; Kans, Jonathan A.; Schuler, Gregory D. – 1994
This article describes the World Wide Web (WWW) Entrez server which is based upon the National Center for Biotechnology Information's (NCBI) Entrez retrieval database and software. Entrez is a molecular sequence retrieval system that contains an integrated view of portions of Medline and all publicly available nucleotide and protein databases,…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Database Management Systems, Databases, Higher Education
Paunescu, Carmen; Fok, Wing – Online Submission, 2005
The paper discusses a model of quality management system for higher education. One of the main objectives of this paper is to highlight the challenges facing the school during implementation of the ISO 9001 standard and the benefits of successfully implementing such a quality system can bring to higher education. Based on the experience of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Management Systems, Educational Quality
Klueter, Lissa – 1999
This practicum encouraged department managers of a large nonprofit biologics pharmaceutical firm to use the organization's satellite-based Interactive Distance Learning (IDL) system (i.e., viewer-response system (VRS)). A self-paced instructional module was developed and made available for department managers to access in three on-line formats,…
Descriptors: Administration, Communications Satellites, Distance Education, Management Systems
Higginson, George M.; Love, Reeve – Educational Technology, 1973
Author concludes that the most troublesome characteristic that will affect long range planning is opposition to change. Each time the planners begin another cycle, the people involved will have changed, the environmental conditions will be altered, the model will be improved and the goals will set forth innovations. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Planning
Kirkpatrick, Donald L. – Training and Development Journal, 1973
Author exemplified why management by objectives shouldn't be the basis for salary administration. (Editor)
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Principles, Administrators, Management by Objectives
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