A faculty workload information and control system

This research is directed towards developing a decision assisting tool for university administrators. The computational algorithm developed is designed to measure the workload of each university faculty member and to present the results, in special form, to three levels of university administration. Eleven factors that make up the workload of a faculty member are used in a factor weighting measurement system. Emphasis is placed on the use of the decision assisting tool once it has been developed. Problems concerning re-allocation of workloads, allocation of workloads, allocation of new faculty positions, and allocation of other assignments are studied to illustrate ways in which the algorithm output would be helpful. Some trends in undergraduate and graduate education are studied to determine their effects on the workloads of the faculty. Aspects of control of workloads, using the algorithm output, are discussed.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Industrial Engineering

Department dc:contributor.department

Industrial Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Year dc:date.issued

1967

Author dc:creator

• Powell, Samuel Williams

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/70506

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/70506