Management in higher education faces complex and pressing problems caused by size, complexity, scarcity of financial resources and backward administrative procedures. Lack of accurate, relevant and timely information is a key problem higher education managers encounter in their attempts to make the kind of decisions current administrative conditions demand. / Management information systems (MIS) have been very helpful in business and industry for the improvement of administrative conditions and the decision-making and problem-solving processes. In higher education, however, MIS models have not proved as efficient as was expected, but they have helped to realize that systems engineering in higher education should focus on institution-specific, flexible, adaptive, and dynamic management information system models. / This study takes the four public institutions of higher education in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, as an instance of the conditions and problems educational administrators have to cope with. Those four institutions are analyzed and conceptualized as a system. This system is the background and point of reference for the study. A prototype decision model was designed and tested in reference to that background system. The system provides the parameters to obtain the prototype data for the simulation. The simulation of the prototype model implements the test of the model, produces descriptive and analytical information, and performs sensitivity operations. The results of the simulation are analyzed to determine how a dynamic MIS model can provide management with relevant information for decision making. / The main analytical technique applied in the study is path analysis, which, combined with functional analysis, makes up the policy analysis algorithm. Three main computer programs were written to carry out the study. / The study presents conclusions about the conditions and value of specific and dynamic MIS models in higher education, and recommends the application of analytical techniques as an essential component in higher education MIS models. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 43-09, Section: A, page: 2906. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1982.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74929 |
| Contributors | VAQUERIZO, MANUEL., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 311 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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