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MacFarlane, Gordon F. – 1980
The use of telecommunications to expedite business communications in the "office of the future" is addressed in this paper. After briefly describing the development of the telephone industry and its response to consumer needs, the paper discusses the importance of information exchange through word processing, electronic mail, teleconferencing,…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Equipment Standards, Futures (of Society), Information Utilization
Hayman, John L., Jr.; And Others – 1973
Prepared for top and middle managers, this paper represents a comparative overview of management information system development in 40 state departments of education. Questionnaires elicited information about the background of participating agencies as well as conceptual concerns, the planning and implementing of MIS data collection, data…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrators, Data Processing, Decision Making
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Center for Vocational Education. – 1977
One of six documents describing the Management System for Vocational Education (MISVE), this document is intended to provide those persons who would administer, manage, or support MISVE operations with a basic understanding of the product package. This description of MISVE includes purposes and features, how the system differs from other…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Collection, Data Processing
Vinsonhaler, John F.; And Others – 1978
This paper is a distillation of research findings on clinical problem-solving over the past decade. These findings are summarized by means of three basic concepts which describe a rudimentary theory of clinical problem-solving performance and instruction: (1) the principle of case simulation--valid clinical problem-solving behavior can be induced…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Computer Programs, Management Information Systems, Medical Evaluation
Muth, Wayne A. – 1976
The West Virginia Network for Educational Telecomputing (WVNET) was formed in March 1975 and provides a full range of academic and administrative information processing services to fifteen State supported colleges and universities. This paper briefly reviews the purpose of, rationale for, and configuration of the network. Accomplishments and…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Case Studies, College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs
Bozeman, William C.; And Others – 1977
The Wisconsin System for Instructional Management (WIS-SIM) is a computer managed instruction (CMI) system designed to improve instructional decision making in order to maximize the educational progress of each child while making efficient use of the available human, material, and financial resources within an organizational structure such as the…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Guides
Spuck, Dennis W.; And Others – 1977
This report presents the evaluation design and results of a two-year pilot test of the Wisconsin System for Instructional Management (WIS-SIM) in seven Wisconsin elementary schools. WIS-SIM is a management information system designed to support management processes in Individually Guided Education programs. The evaluation design, which is based on…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Cox, Jeannene – 1975
Using the Delphi technique, the staff of Project FOLLOW-UP surveyed community college educators in Texas to determine desirable characteristics and uniformity of terminology and definitions for a proposed statewide student follow-up management information system for Texas community colleges. Of 234 individuals invited to become Delphi panel…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Definitions, Followup Studies, Management Information Systems
Georgia Univ., Athens. Coll. of Education.
The journal describes the Management Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE), designed to provide computerized information support capability for State level occupational education planning. An introductory chapter presents a guide for reading the publication. The second chapter describes basic components and terminology and outlines…
Descriptors: Computers, Data Collection, Data Processing, Demonstration Programs
Baugh, Ronald C. – 1976
This report presents data on the costs of follow-up studies, based on 29 separate follow-up studies conducted by eight public community/junior colleges in Texas. The purpose of this study, conducted by Navarro College as a subcontractor of Project FOLLOW-UP, was to provide data and information regarding the cost of follow-up studies that would be…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Followup Studies
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Short, Richard R. – 1976
In 1972, Main Township (Illinois) High School District 207 eliminated its inhouse data processing operation and joined Educational Management Systems (EMS), a regional data processing cooperative. EMS was created by the Institute for Educational Research (IER), which first conducted a thorough study of school district's data processing practices.…
Descriptors: Computers, Cooperative Programs, Data Processing, Elementary Secondary Education
De Santi, Vincent; Scheele, D. Sam – 1968
This publication offers a basic introduction to the Federal Information Exchange System (FIXS), a set of procedures for periodically collecting, processing, and publishing data on federal and state expenditures for each program listed in the "Catalog of Federal Assistance Programs." FIXS is designed for use in conjunction with the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Converse, W. R. M.; Standers, O. R. – 1975
The University of Calgary Library has developed an automated information system to aid decision making in the area of collections development. The traditional format for collections policies in a written description of the areas and levels where a particular institution is collecting actively. Using a computer-based management information system…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Decision Making, Library Administration
Moskowitz, Herbert – 1973
This paper discusses MacCrimmon's general theoretical framework for collective decisions, reveals the modeling for collective decisions, and presents selected descriptive research in the general area of collective decisionmaking. The intent is to stimulate research or provide insight that could have practical implications for management…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Behavior Theories, Game Theory, Management Information Systems
Moskowitz, Herbert – 1971
This paper describes an investigation of some effects of group interaction and consensus on information processing behavior. When individuals were asked to assess a hypothetical situation on the basis of various sequentially received data, a definite primacy effect was observed; individuals gave more weight to data they received first. This…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Group Dynamics
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