Purchasing a Microprocessor System for Administrative Use in Schools

Abstract

The author of this paper makes the assumption that school-level administrators can benefit from the use of microcomputers for administrative purposes in their schools, but are hampered by their naiveness regarding computers in general and microcomputers specifically. He suggests that lack of sophisticated knowledge in this area is not an insurmountable problem and proposes and describes a series of decision-making steps regarding the purchase of microcomputers for administrative use in schools. The culmination of these steps is the preparation of a Request for Proposal to be sent to suppliers of microcomputer administrative hardware and software, and the evaluation of the response bids.

Keywords::

• hardware selection
• administrative computing

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David G. Marshall

David G. Marshall received his doctorate in educational administration from the University of Alberta and currently serves as an assistant professor of educational administration and foundations at the University of Manitoba.