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Knapp, Michael S. – 1979
This paper reviews the empirical literature regarding factors associated with the development of Institutional Research (IR) offices in community colleges. The IR office is defined as any organizational unit which has at least one half-time staff member given responsibility for the synthesis and reporting of institutional data, is visibly…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Administration, Community Colleges, Institutional Characteristics
Knapp, Michael S. – 1980
The retrospective case history is a little-used, but very valuable tool in organizational theory research. It is particularly useful in illuminating variables in an organization's development which, in controlled experimentation, would require prohibitively long periods of time to materialize. Additionally, the technique is useful for generating a…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Case Studies, Community Colleges, Educational History
