Evaluates PLAN, a computer-managed individualized learning program covering language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies for grade levels K-12. (Author/MF)

When a program of innovative change is proposed for a school, it may well be possible to predict which of the various subsystems of the school will offer the most resistance. The group who are required to make the greatest modification in their normal procedures of operation will raise the highest level of resistance. (Author)

Counseling is discussed as a model for future problem solving if the client is fully aware of what the process is and if he is given opportunities to participate by making suggestions and decisions along the way. The ultimate goal is for the client to become his own systems analyst and be fully in charge of his own destiny. (Author)

Playing up the mechanical/structural elements of buildings to let the interiors derive expression from the building has gained wide acceptance with designers. A systems building for Milton Keynes (a new town in England), an office building lobby, and a child care center in New York illustrate how similar principles, applied to varied problems by…

A discussion of how the Rhein-Sieg Local District, Germany, audio-visual center computerized its loan system in order to provide more efficient service. (HB)

Article presents a progression training model as a possible approach for minimizing the conflict that often emerges between superiors and subordinates when management by objectives programs are initiated. (GB)

This article describes a program introduced at Moravian College in Pennsylvania aimed at helping students relate their liberal arts education to positions in a technology oriented society. (Author)

An analysis of the application of an overhead projector attachment unit to television animation. (Author)

In this case study of implementing the program approach to budgeting, the author explores factors responsible for its limited success in school settings. (Author/DN)

A description of a system for monitoring individualized student progress in vocational education programs for the purpose of reporting progress of individual students and the effectiveness and efficiency of the vocational education programs. (Author)

A discussion of a project concerned with the development of a comprehensive instructional management system, including development work on the banking'' of a new system of objectives in reading instruction. (Author/HB)

A method for teaching the process of treatment planning to occupational therapy clinical affiliates utilizing basic concepts of the systems approach is presented. (Author/JA)

An analysis of the instructional systems approach used at nonresidential colleges in the United States and Great Britain. (HB)

Examines the educational planning process. Discusses what planning is, how methodological planning can work in education, misunderstandings about planning, and difficulties in applying the planning methodology. (DN)

The notion of design adopted in this paper embraces the design of all human systems. Education for design should focus primarily on the design of human relations, instrumentalities, and institutions, along with their respective role patterns. The nature of learning at these three steps is seen as the cybernetic evolution of measure, norms, and…