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Download full textAltman, Stuart H., Ed.; Blendon, Robert, Ed. – 1977
This publication reports on the proceedings of a symposium convened for the purpose of examining the relationship between medical technology and health care costs. The proceedings of this symposium are comprised by a series of papers that were presented at the conference covering a variety of topics, including statistical evidence of the…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Health Services, Hospitals, Laboratory Technology
Wager, Jane C.; Rayner, Gail T. – 1979
Thirty personnel involved in various stages of the Training Extension Course (TEC) design, development, and distribution process were interviewed by telephone to determine the major problems perceived within each stage of the program, which provides validated extension training wherever U.S. soldiers are stationed. Those interviewed included TEC…
Descriptors: Administrators, Contracts, Educational Programs, Extension Education
Moriarty, Dick; Zarebski, John – 1978
This paper delineates the exact methodology developed by the Sports Institute for Research/Change Agent Research (SIR/CAR) for applying a systems analysis technique to a voluntary mutual benefit organization, such as a school or amateur athletic group. The functions of the technique are to compare avowed and actual behavior, to utilize group…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrative Problems, Athletics, Foreign Countries
UMSTEAD, CHARLES R.; CROXTON, FRED E. – 1967
CONVERSION AND COMPATIBILITY CONSTITUTE TWO MAJOR CONCERNS IN THE INSTITUTION OF AUTOMATED SYSTEMS IN LIBRARIES. AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THESE TWO FACTS, THIS REPORT DESCRIBES IN DETAIL FIVE MORE OR LESS STANDARD AND HIGHLY COMPATIBLE CIRCULATION SYSTEMS WHICH INCORPORATE A COMMON FORM OF INPUT AND WHICH REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF CONVERSION FROM…
Descriptors: Automation, Data Processing, Design Requirements, Guides
Lister, Winston C. – 1967
Two aspects to be considered in designing a storage system for library materials are: the fraction of the collection which is to be stored; and the criteria to be used for selecting materials for storage. This study demonstrates that for a given selection criterion least-cost storage quantities can be assessed by balancing the large circulation…
Descriptors: Age, Costs, Information Storage, Library Circulation
Leonard, Lawrence E.; And Others – 1968
This report summarizes the results of a fourteen-month study to (1) examine the feasibility of establishing a book processing center to serve the nine state-supported college and university libraries in Colorado and (2) conduct a simulation study of the proposed Center. The report covers: background, operational characteri tics of participating…
Descriptors: Automation, Centralization, College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness
Educational Service Bureau, Inc., Arlington, VA. Administrative Leadership Service. – 1968
This study, based primarily on the experience of Seattle, Washington, deals with the application of the systems approach to educational planning. Section 1 defines and describes the concept of a system and the systems approach, and gives a general introduction to the use of systems analysis. Section 2 describes the development and use of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Planning, Instructional Improvement
Buckland, M.K.; Woodburn, I. – 1968
A research project is being conducted to construct a mathematical model of the operations of an academic library to be used in making managerial decisions. As part of this project, this report examines Bradford's Law of Scattering and the fall-off of use of documents as they age. A series of mathematical analyses indicate how these two laws can be…
Descriptors: Administration, College Libraries, Information Utilization, Library Collections
Artandi, Susan; Baxendale, Stanley – 1968
This report describes Phase 1 of a research project with the over-all objective of exploring the applicability of automatic methods in the indexing of drug information appearing in English natural language text. Two major phases of the research have been completed: (1) development of the automatic indexing method and its implementation on the test…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Programs, Computer Storage Devices, Computers
Karunaratne, N. D.; And Others – 1976
This is a study on the operating efficiency of the public library system in Australia. Cost functions have been fitted to library data and the results are interpreted with a view to generating insights into the functioning of the existing library system. An exploratory cost benefit analysis has also been attempted. Activities of libraries have…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Efficiency, Library Administration
Carriker, Don
This model provides a structure for uniformly evaluating all operations of a school central office, where the assumption that those offices exist to provide services is tenable. The model provides a means for assessing the importance as well as the efficiency with which the tasks of central office operations are carried out. Formative data is…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Central Office Administrators, Decision Making, Efficiency
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The University of Wageningen takes care of only one faculty with 80 departments and about 4000 students. The university has been growing rapidly in recent years with an increase of 25 percent in first year students each year. Because of this growth and because of various social developments, the University Board recognizes the need for a good data…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Systems, Information Theory, Management Development
Pruitt, Gary K.; Dieterly, Duncan L. – 1975
The results of a study to evaluate the potential life-cycle costs and cost savings that could be realized by applying the Digital Avionics Information System (DAIS) concept to future avionic systems were presented. The tasks evaluated included selection of program elements for costing, selection of DAIS installation potential, definition of a…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Aviation Technology, Cost Effectiveness, Information Systems
Judy, Richard W.; Levine, Jack B. – 1968
A chapter for a larger volume which discusses the rise of the multiuniversity and the possibilities for planning in systems analysis. The system described is the C.A.M.P.U.S. system, an acronym for Comprehensive Analytical Methods for Planning in University Systems. Three subsystems are discussed--(1) program planning and budgeting, (2) simulation…
Descriptors: Campus Planning, College Administration, Enrollment, Higher Education
Artandi, Susan; Baxendale, Stanley – 1969
This report describes the searching methods and the search program for the automatic indexing method which was developed and implemented in an earlie r phase of the project. The indexing method generates index tags automatically from English language text and creates a machine searchable file of index records for the document being processed.…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Programs, Computer Storage Devices, Computers
