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Download full textClark, William F.; Pelham, Anabel O. – 1983
This paper examines the hospital discharge decision making process for elderly patients, based on observations of the operations of a long term care agency, the California Multipurpose Senior Services Project. The analysis is divided into four components: actors, factors, processes, and strategy critique. The first section discusses the major…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Cooperative Planning, Decision Making, Health Personnel
Wood, Kenneth L.; Wood, Susan Hawthorne – 1981
Long-range planning techniques used by U.S. business corporations and the potential adaptation of these processes by public colleges and universities are examined. The state-of-the-art is developed by reviewing corporate strategic planning methods from the 1950s through the 1970s. Strategic planning, as defined by Drucker, is a continuous process…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Business, Business Administration, College Administration
Ruff, Richard; And Others – 1981
This study of possible futures for vocational education (the second year of a two-year study) is designed to be of help to those who have the responsibility to set directions for vocational education. It is an attempt to isolate and analyze the factors that are likely to influence the field in the 1980s and to suggest the kinds of decisions that…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Federal Regulation, Futures (of Society)
Linney, Thomas J. – 1980
The increasing complexity of management and planning within institutions of higher education has fostered the development of more sophisticated theories of management in higher education. Such complexity has also encouraged the development of a number of academic planning tools and models to aid administrators in management through access to data…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, College Faculty, College Planning
Van Ausdle, Steven L. – 1979
This second of two monographs dealing with comprehensive institutional planning is directed at institutional representatives involved in the planning process at two-year colleges. It contains (1) information on a step-by-step approach to developing and implementing a comprehensive planning process (chapters 1-3) and (2) a case study of planning…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, College Administration, College Planning
Peer reviewedWeiler, William C. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1984
Issues in the application of enrollment demand analysis to institutions' pricing policy are discussed, including price change impact on enrollment, the role of enrollment demand models on long-range financial and personnel planning, use of tuition and financial aid policy in optimizing policymakers' enrollment objectives, and the redistribution…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Planning, Decision Making, Educational Demand
Poole, David; Pratt, Graham – 1999
This paper analyzes various strategic management models for international programs from an Australian perspective. It presents the results of a qualitative case study of one Australian university faculty of business in the context of the relevance of chaos and complexity theories to strategic management. The case study is organized around the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Chaos Theory, Competition, Entrepreneurship
Quinn, George M. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1979
Alfred University has developed a Management Information System intended to support decentralized management, with more decision-making responsibilities delegated to academic managers. Information systems, curriculum interaction modeling, program costs, budget preparation and planning, and a training program for academic managers are discussed.…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Education, Budgeting, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedZemsky, Robert; And Others – Educational Record, 1980
Colleges must turn to long-range enrollment planning to ensure proper academic and fiscal management. The Higher Education Finance Research Institute, with the College Board, has developed a model that will allow colleges to test the current scale and scope of their programs against regional projections of their enrollment potential during the…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Admission, College Bound Students, College Choice
Spencer, Samuel R., Jr. – AGB Reports, 1979
Davidson College's two-day program of trustee involvement is presented as a model for others. Activities involved: inviting spouses for the program, small group sessions, creating conflict, simulation exercises, and entertainment in the form of a game show with teams handling questions about the college. (MLW)
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Conferences, Governing Boards, Higher Education
Cooper, Walter; And Others – Library Administration & Management, 1994
This special section includes eight articles that address issues concerning library buildings. Highlights include information technologies; industry standards; design; management issues, including organizational climate; long-range, or strategic, planning, including models and political issues; friends of library groups; technology in reference…
Descriptors: Databases, Facility Guidelines, Information Technology, Leadership
Hightower, Len – 1995
This report presents the results of a qualitative research study at three small independent colleges/universities on how literature-based strategic planning models compare with actual practices. Four critical aspects of strategic planning were identified: first, dealing with the future; second, understanding the organization's external…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Environment, Institutional Research, Interviews
Corak, Kathleen A.; Wharton, Donald P. – 1992
This paper illustrates how planning, with the aid (or complicity) of institutional research, can be a revolutionary activity that facilitates change within an organization and brings the organization to a more accurate understanding of itself. It describes the use of strategic planning at Minot State University (North Dakota) to change a culture…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, College Administration, Cultural Context
Donsky, Aaron P. – 1992
While various paradigms exist for planning in two-year colleges, from master planning to quality circles, three major elements invariably appear in planning activities: strategic or formal planning, operational planning, and effectiveness measures. Strategic planning attempts to systematically assess an institution's relationship with its external…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Educational Planning, Integrated Activities
Sybouts, Ward – 1992
Because schools must operate in a changing environment, educators must manage change whether they wish to or not. Administrators must plan accordingly, and the best plans arise from a solid theoretical base. This book provides that base, by drawing on systems theory to develop effective approaches to strategic and operational planning in…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Delphi Technique, Educational Change, Educational Planning
