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Resource Planning in University Management by Goal Programming

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  • Roger G. Schroeder

    (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota)

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Resource-planning methods for university and college management have received increasing attention by management scientists in recent years. One widely known approach yields cost-simulation models such as RRPM and CAMPUS. However, these models have two serious limitations in representing resource-management problems: (1) budget levels are outputs of the models, not inputs, and (2) faculty levels are a fixed function of enrollment. This paper proposes a goal-programming model that relieves these limitations and offers other features as well; in it the goals are faculty instruction loads, staff-to-faculty ratios, faculty distribution by rank, and teaching-assistant-to-faculty ratios. These specified goals are achieved as closely as possible, subject to constraints on the projected budget available in each year of the planning horizon and to faculty-flow constraints. The decision variables are the faculty, staff, and teaching-assistant levels in each of several academic units over the planning horizon. The model provides a vehicle for long-range budget planning and resource allocation.

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  • Roger G. Schroeder, 1974. "Resource Planning in University Management by Goal Programming," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 22(4), pages 700-710, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:22:y:1974:i:4:p:700-710
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.22.4.700
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    1. Mustafa, A. & Goh, M., 1996. "Multi-criterion models for higher education administration," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 24(2), pages 167-178, April.
    2. Cinzia Colapinto & Raja Jayaraman & Simone Marsiglio, 2017. "Multi-criteria decision analysis with goal programming in engineering, management and social sciences: a state-of-the art review," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 251(1), pages 7-40, April.
    3. Johnes, Jill, 2015. "Operational Research in education," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 243(3), pages 683-696.
    4. Chen, Dabai, 1985. "Two essays on the mathematical modelling of a Chinese production team," ISU General Staff Papers 1985010108000017534, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    5. Şeyda Gür & Tamer Eren, 2018. "Scheduling and Planning in Service Systems with Goal Programming: Literature Review," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 6(11), pages 1-16, November.

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