Higher education decision making and decision support systems

Bresfelean, Vasile Paul and Ghisoiu, Nicolae (2009): Higher education decision making and decision support systems. Published in: WSEAS Transactions on Advances in Engineering Education , Vol. 7, No. 2 (February 2010): pp. 43-52.

Abstract

The authors illustrate several issues in decision support and decision support systems (DSS), state of the art research in these fields, and also their own studies in designing a higher education DSS. The final section contains our contribution in outlining the modules of the DSS, involving the present systems and databases of FSEGA and UBB, results and activities belonging to FSEGA students, teaching and research staff, to assist decisions for all the actors implicated in the processes, in various specific situations.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: decision support, decision support systems (DSS), higher education institutions, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making > D70 - General; A - General Economics and Teaching > A2 - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics > A22 - Undergraduate; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions > I20 - General; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions > I21 - Analysis of Education

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