Article proposes a modified Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) as a management technology that can serve as a tool to help administrators and principals make evaluations and forward-looking decisions on expected educational performance. (Author)

Since the complete understanding of an institution is impossible, an administrator must base his decisions on models of institutional structure. State and federal trends towards accountability and detailed cost accounting restrict the administrator's ability to cope with the problems of the institution. Similarly, efforts to make each component of…

A systems approach can be viewed as an attempt to answer the question, "What objectives are we to accomplish, by which procedures, and with what available resources?" The necessity for a systems approach is evident in many areas, and particularly explicit examples can be found in military history. A management system has been defined in…

The need for planning in higher education is more urgent today than ever before. This paper argues that planning is the only method by which colleges and universities can reasonably expect to come to terms with the financial, social, and political crises of our times. Pioneering efforts over the past generation to develop the budget as a principal…

It has been proposed that much of the financial information provided by higher education institutions is often ill-suited to the needs of planning and management. Most decisionmakers, particularly those at the state and federal levels, have difficulty in relating the financial information provided them to the issues and problem areas they must…

This bibliography contains over 500 references to articles, journals, documents, and books on management by objectives and goal setting. The citations are arranged in alphabetical order by author. (DN)

This review analyzes literaure dealing with applications of management information system (MIS) tools to educational management. Of the three levels of management--operational control, management control, and strategic planning-- the literature suggests that most activity is taking place at the operational control level. Fewest applications have…

This article deals with several techniques for regulating cash inflow and outflow and investing surplus cash for short periods of time. The techniques are: (1) consolidating checking accounts, (2) determining surplus cash by examining bank balances in conjunction with the cash book, (3) selecting a minimum bank balance, (4) investing a greater…

Planning Programming and Budgeting Systems (PPBS) have been considered as either synonymous with abstract, advanced, mathematical systems analysis or as an advanced accounting and control system. If PPBS is to perform a useful function, both viewpoints must be combined such that a number of standardized procedures and reports are required and…

A 48-item bibliography of references on Planning Programming Budgeting System (PPBS) is provided as a supplement to LI 002 740, as an aid for state planners. (AB)

The principal emphasis in Management by Objectives (MBO) in education and other industries is on management planning and problem solving. Organization development attempts to integrate individual needs for growth and development with organizational goals and objectives in order to make a more effective organization. MBO is used to help eliminate…

This speech describes the management by objectives program initiated by the Office of Education and shows how the implementation of such a program in institutions and school systems could assist them to become accountable to their constituencies. A related document is EA 003 885. (JF)

Recent developments in science and engineering indicate the need for systems approach to problem solving in the widest sense. Following the explication of the concept of a system, the scope of system theory and systems engineering is discussed and operationally defined, with characteristic features of the methodology of systems science and…

This study is designed to determine if it is possible and worthwhile to develop a formal simulation model as an aid to urban university management. Evidence is introduced that indicates existing planning models may not be justified on a basis of benefits derived versus their development and operating costs. A survey of models and ideas indicates…