This program was designed to provide basic training for institutional researchers and administrative personnel from small and intermediate colleges in the development and implementation of effective information systems. Three purposes were identified: to assist participants in (1) understanding the basic concepts underlying management information…

Academic decisionmakers must be helped to use the right kind of information so that the implications of the difficult alternative choice decisions are fully spelled out. The great overriding benefit of an integrated management information approach is that it can further the institutional view and can show a broad overall picture. (Author)

A visit to American University's Department of Computer Services is summarized. Administrative systems in use and currently in production are described and a productive application of "structured walk-throughs" for systems design, computer programs, procedures, and documentation is discussed. (MLW)

To mine a large store of school data, a new technology (variously termed data warehousing, data marts, online analytical processing, and executive information systems) is emerging. Data warehousing helps school districts extract and restructure desired data from automated systems and create new databases designed to enhance analytical and…

Management, consultants, and organization development specialists are provided a method for examining an organization in terms of its power, powerlessness, and power games. Emphasis is on building on existing power and reducing perceived or real states of powerlessness and subsequent power games. (Author/EA)

Developed around the technology of the Apple duodisk drive, five and one-fourth inch floppy disks, and the 1.3 version of the AppleWorks program, this manual is designed for use as a "how to" training device in developing database files. The guide is meant to be used with Apple IIe or IIGS computers which have a duodisk or two disk…

An investigation and reevaluation of the traditional library committee composition, functions, and performance is made applying management principles and group interaction theory. (Author)

A general model for program evaluation that incorporates the resource allocation paradigm is described in detail, and a schematic representation of the model is provided. (Author)

Reviews the principles of the Theory Y approach, reports upon its coverage in library literature, distinguishes between the concepts of Theory Y and participative management, and discusses how Theory Y's application in a small academic library recommends its use for library operations in general. (Author)

This study aims first to examine the current status of corporate planning methods, and second, to explore the application of these methods and tools to universities. Several conceptual planning models relating corporate planning to university management are discussed. The report is addressed to administrators of small or medium-sized colleges and…

The Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, requested the Bureau of Solid Waste Management to conduct a study of National Forest recreation areas to establish waste generation rates for major recreation activities and to determine the cost of solid waste handling for selected Forest Service Districts. This report describes the 1968 solid…

This booklet contains five papers which examine the activities, successes, and pitfalls encountered by educators who are introducing accountability techniques into instructional programs where they did not exist in the past. The papers are based on actual programs and offer possible solutions in the areas considered, which are 1) performance…

Management philosophy has shifted from emphasizing organization and control of library activities to concern with achievement of predefined organizational results through participation and coordination. This article examines some aspects of results-oriented management that have impeded adoption and considers what its future is likely to be in…

Discussion deals with the library environment under Theory Y administration, the drawbacks of management by committee, whether librarianship is really a profession, the collegial organization of libraries at academic institutions, the management of change, and the changes of bureaucracy with a strong, central administration. (JAB)

Presents three different approaches to detailing instructional design tasks which can be used individually or in combination to help plan, monitor, or evaluate an ID project: (1) list basic tasks using a task analysis procedure, (2) add time dimension, and (3) use a network to show interrelationships among tasks. (VT)