Journal of Systems Management articles from March 1992

Journal of Systems Management archives from March 1992

Management implications of installing a modern financial aid system.
March 1, 1992... Just as private enterprises must respond to changing economic and business conditions, nonprofit entities such as public universities must adapt to increaslingly competitive environments. Enrollment-based state funding formulas and the...

Developing a student information system at East Texas State.
March 1, 1992... One of the most important efforts undertaken by an educational institution is information processing, both academic and administrative. This article will attempt to explain how a difficult project is viewed by those primarily responsible for...

Software implementation can't always go by the book, either. (Bentley College's replacing of its management information system)
March 1, 1992... Murphy was right: Implementation is hard. Actually, Murphy said something a bit less polite, but one gets the idea. Implementation is harder still when it involves the wholesale replacement of all of the business applications of a...

One university's approach to the requirements of academic computing. (Bowling Green State University)
March 1, 1992... As has been reported widely in the press, colleges and universities throughout the country have been facing difficult financial pictures for the past several years, and the situation is not likely to improve in the foreseeable future. Layoffs...

Information processing in Portland Public Schools: the last 10 years.
March 1, 1992... Most academic institutions, whether they are kindergarten through grade 12 school districts, a community college or a large university, keep academic or instructional computing separate from the administrative or business computing of the...

Managing data standards and policies in an integrated environment. (at Bentley College)
March 1, 1992... The use of large, complex databases has intensified some long-standing data management issues having to do with what data are collected, assigning responsibility for collection, maintenance, accuracy, integrity and disposition of data, rules...