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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1987
In response to a request by the Senate Committee on Appropriations for an examination of the A-76 program of the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in particular NOAA's decision to contract for the operation of its Central Library, this report describes a General Accounting Office (GAO) review which:…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Audits (Verification), Contracts, Cost Effectiveness
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1987
This report documents the findings of an evaluation of the effectiveness of the information resources management aspects of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-511) which went into effect on April 1, 1981. (This law was enacted as a result of concerns that the government must improve its collection, use, and dissemination of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Role, Costs, Data Processing
Blakely, Craig – 1982
In the last two decades, increasing concern has been expressed about the ability (or inability) of various governmental agencies, service organizations, and manufacturing organizations to effectively perform their tasks. Psychologists have only recently become involved in researching issues concerning the adoption, implementation, and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Innovation, Operations Research, Organizational Change
Maynard, James M. – 1980
A work-scheduling model for Corrections Officers at State Correctional Institutions is described. This is a real-life model that was developed to deal with a problem of unacceptably large expenditures for overtime work by state prison guards. The problem involves more than 200 constraints and more than 800 variables. It is felt the model can be…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Learning Modules
SCHEFFLER, F.L. – 1968
TWO CHEMISTRY GRADUATE STUDENTS WERE TRAINED IN INDEXING TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS THROUGH AN ESTABLISHED TRAINING PROGRAM WHICH WAS MODIFIED FOR IMPROVEMENT. A STUDY OF INTRA- AND INTERINDEXER CONSISTENCY WAS MADE BY SUBJECTING A GROUP OF TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS TO INDEPENDENT INDEXING BY VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS AND TWO OF THE SAME INDIVIDUALS ONE YEAR LATER.…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Evaluation, Improvement, Indexing
PDF pending restorationCudnick, Ted M. – 1977
Management Information Systems are a successful reality at a vast and increasing number of higher educational institutions. This paper examines the need for and justification of the existence of management information systems and explores the various uses of such systems at all types of higher education related organizations with emphasis on the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Directories, Educational Administration, Governance
Parekh, Satish B. – 1975
The Long Range Planning/Comprehensive Management Systems (LRP/CMS) program is an outgrowth of a consortium of 42 developing higher education institutions. The monograph is the result of a decade of experimentation and experience of the members of this group. As such, it is designed to present a detailed long range planning model which incorporates…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Guides, Consortia, Higher Education
Van Dusseldorp, Ralph A.; And Others – 1976
This paper discusses goal programming, a computer-based operations research technique that is basically a modification and extension of linear programming. The authors first discuss the similarities and differences between goal programming and linear programming, then describe the limitations of goal programming and its possible applications for…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Administration, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Daiute, Robert J.; Gorman, Kenneth A. – 1974
Statistical sampling techniques for the measurement of book readership within libraries are described. The procedures, developed and initially implemented at Rider College, rely upon interviews of book readers inside the library rather than upon such indirect usage measures as which volumes are lift on tables for reshelving, or analyses of user…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Programs, Libraries, Library Research
Nejelski, Leo – 1969
The 251 research abstracts, dated 1956-1968, are arranged under these areas: (1) Industry Statistics and Feasbility Studies, (2) Merchandising, (3) Purchasing, (4) Facilities Design and Operations Analysis, (5) Commissary Operations, (6) Finance and Cost Control, and (7) Personnel Management. Research gaps, determined through interviews with…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Cost Effectiveness, Facility Inventory
Nelson, William C. – 1970
The Program Planning Budgeting Systems (PPBS) approach to decision-making has been adopted by government agencies and many colleges, universities and local school systems. As a result, the quantity of literature has increased phenomenally. This bibliography is intended to assist students, researchers, and practitioners in identifying references in…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Economics
Woods, Bill M. – 1968
Objectives of this study of the operations of Engineering Index were to: (1) determine the need for a planning capability, (2) blueprint a mechanism to accomplish planning, and (3) recommend priorities requiring planning attention. Topics considered in the study are planning, the role of the board of directors and trustees, organizational…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Automation, Computers
Alameda County School Dept., Hayward, CA. PACE Center. – 1966
This ESEA Title III report describes fault tree analysis and assesses its applicability to education. Fault tree analysis is an operations research tool which is designed to increase the probability of success in any system by analyzing the most likely modes of failure that could occur. A graphic portrayal, which has the form of a tree, is…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Critical Path Method, Educational Planning, Educational Research
Whitfield, Ronald M. – 1974
The problem of the efficient allocation of State aid for libraries within a fixed budget constraint was studied. A management science (operations research) approach was utilized. Two basic models were developed: an allocation model to determine the amount of State aid to be received by each library system and a model that predicts library use as a…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Doctoral Dissertations, Financial Policy, Financial Support
Mundy, Ray A.; Spychalski, John C. – 1973
The primary purpose of this project was to identify and evaluate policies, practices, and other conditions relating to the supply of managerial personnel in the urban mass transit industry. The study, conducted during 1972-1973, sought to provide information concerning the following: an inventory of management, technical, and supervisory personnel…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Evaluation, Labor Utilization
