Enhancing Productivity: Administrative, Instructional, and Technological Strategies

Enhancing Productivity: Administrative, Instructional, and Technological Strategies
Author: James E. Groccia
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998-10-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780787942489

Tight budgets, withering public funding sources, tuition escalating, expanding pressures to do more with less. Facing such crises, higher education must creatively seek methods to reduce costs, increase productivity, and recapture the public trust. This volume presents a multi-faceted approach for enhancing productivity that emphasizes both cost-effectiveness and the importance of bringing together all segments of the educational economy--institutions, faculty, students, and society--to achieve long-term productivity gains. The contributors demonstrate how productivity can be increased in key areas throughout the institution, including improved administrative processes, restructured curricula, more efficient use of classroom time, and the effective adaptation of technology. This is the 103rd issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Higher Education.

Handbook of College and University Teaching

Handbook of College and University Teaching
Author: James E. Groccia
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2012-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1412988152

This comprehensive volume presents international perspectives on critical issues impacting teaching and learning in a diverse range of higher education environments.

Managing Technological Change

Managing Technological Change
Author: Tony Bates
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

"A required read for every university administrator grappling withthe complexities of technology and education. Bates has combined animpressive depth of experience and practice to produce anauthoritative and well-reasoned approach."--Bruce Pennycook,vice-principal, Information Systems and Technology, McGillUniversity "Digital technologies are revolutionizing the practices of teachingand learning at colleges and universities all around the world.This book will be helpful for all those who are planning andmanaging such organizational and technological change on theircampuses."--Timothy W. Luke, executive director, Institute forDistance and Distributed Learning, Virginia Tech Implementing new technology at a college or university requiresmore than simply buying new computers and establishing a Web site.The successful use of technology for teaching and learning alsodemands major changes in teaching and organizational culture. InManaging Technological Change, Tony Bates -- a world-renownedexpert on the use of technology in university teaching -- revealshow to create the new, technologically competitive academicorganization. He draws from recent research and best practice casestudies--as well as on his thirty years of experience in usingtechnology for teaching--to provide practical strategies formanaging change to ensure the successful use of technology. Readerswill learn how to win faculty support for teaching with technologyand get advice on appropriate decision-making and reportingstructures. Other topics covered include reward systems, estimatingcosts of teaching by technology, and copyright issues. Bates alsodetails the essential procedures for funding new technology-basedsystems, managing the technology, and monitoring its ongoingeducational effectiveness in anticipation of future changes.Throughout the book, he maintains a focus on the human factors thatmust be addressed, identifying the risks and penalties oftechnologically based teaching and showing how to manage thosehazards.

Public Productivity Handbook, Second Edition,

Public Productivity Handbook, Second Edition,
Author: Marc Holzer
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 762
Release: 2004-02-20
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780824747213

Anyone hoping to improve teamwork, performance, and budgeting, training, and evaluation programs in their organization should look no further. Completely revised, Public Productivity Handbook, Second Edition defines the role of leadership, dimensions of employee commitment, and multiple employee-organization based relationships for effective internal and external connections. It's coverage of new and systematic management approaches and well-defined measurement systems provides guidance on correct utilization of human resources that ensure improvements in productivity and performance. The authors discuss such topics as citizen-driven government and performance, public sector values and productivity, privatization, and productivity barriers in the public sector.

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Author: Henry M. Levin
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780761919346

Cost-effectiveness analysis allows researchers and evaluators to determine if a particular program or policy has attained maximum effectiveness for a given budget. This book introduces cost-effectiveness analysis and gives readers step-by-step methods to plan and implement a cost-analysis study. It explains and illustrates the four major techniques : cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit, cost-utility, and cost-feasibility. It discusses choice of analysis, implementation, the nature of costs (including how to identify, measure, and distribute costs); measuring effectiveness, utility, and benefits; and, lastly the difficulties of including cost evaluations in the decision making process. Each chapter ends with exercises that enable readers to sharpen their ability to evaluate policy options and program effectiveness.

Fixing Higher Education

Fixing Higher Education
Author: Christian Schierenbeck
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2012-11-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3658002131

Christian Schierenbeck makes a provocative case that higher education across the globe suffers from a profound productivity crisis which prevents broad access to affordable and high-quality educational services. He shows how the vast productivity gap in higher education could be closed if academic managers borrowed some of the managerial practices applied by the world’s leading business enterprises. In order for this to happen in practice, the author argues for radical changes in the policy framework for higher education.

Cases on Human Performance Improvement Technologies

Cases on Human Performance Improvement Technologies
Author: Stefaniak, Jill E.
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2015-03-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1466683317

Management professionals regularly seek new, cost-effective ways to influence employee behavior to advance productivity and competency within their organization. While best practices are often taught in the classroom, many students lack an understanding of the real world challenges professionals face. Cases on Human Performance Improvement Technologies presents a collection of teaching cases that demonstrate the real-world application of digital tools for human performance enhancement across a variety of settings. Utilizing a problem-based instructional technique, the cases presented in this publication include the challenges and solutions industry professionals encounter. This publication is an essential reference source for educators, upper level students, and practitioners in the fields of human-computer interaction, organizational development, educational technology, and business management.

Technology and the Politics of University Reform

Technology and the Politics of University Reform
Author: E. Hamilton
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2016-04-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1137503513

Do new technologies mean the end of the university as we know it? Or can they be shaped in a way that balances innovation and tradition? This volume explores these questions through a critical history of online education.

Leading with Technologies

Leading with Technologies
Author: Gary Ivory
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2019-03-26
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1475811195

An administrator who knows how to use technology effectively can increase productivity and connection. However, anyone who is not able to harness its power will struggle due to its prevalence. It has become a staple of school administration, from evaluations to communication. Gary and Dana’s book Technologies to Lead Schools gets educational leaders started on the path of harnessing the power of technology to effectively impact schools.