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ONE APPROACH TO REALLOCATING INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES: THE HOUSTON MODEL
Author(s) -
Wright Douglas J.,
Lawless Robert W.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
decision sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.238
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1540-5915
pISSN - 0011-7315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1981.tb00080.x
Subject(s) - surrender , computer science , centrality , simplicity , resource (disambiguation) , resource allocation , variable (mathematics) , operations research , knowledge management , management science , economics , political science , computer network , mathematical analysis , philosophy , mathematics , epistemology , combinatorics , law , engineering
In this paper a model for deciding which instructional departments should receive and surrender new or reallocatable resources is developed. It combines a two‐dimensional assessment of resource needs based on instructional characteristics and the academic priority of the department to arrive at resource allocation priorities. Unusual features of the model are its reliance on judgments of departmental centrality to institutional mission as the discriminating variable in ascribing academic priorities and the careful avoidance of “halo effects” through independent assessment of resource needs and academic priorities. The model is sensitive enough to discriminate between competing claims for scarce resources while retaining a simplicity of logic that makes its mechanics understandable to those with little grounding in the decision sciences.