Word: centralization
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Communication breakdown between central administration and schools is root of problem
...breakdowns in the lines of communication have resulted in an unacceptable degree of inconvenience from a system whose overall cost exceeds the one-year operating budgets of Harvard Law School or the Graduate School of Education. Given the frustrations of those using the system, Harvard's central administration must make strong efforts to restore communication between designers and users, and plans for the next step in the system's development, human resources, must avoid the errors that have thus far plagued Project ADAPT...
...others have met irregularly. The result has been a situation in which end users were forced to deal with otherwise avoidable inconveniences--such as the once-routine tasks that now take a half-hour to complete--leading some to view the project as making the job easier for the central administration and harder for everyone else...
...next stage of Project ADAPT begins. The system should not be given responsibility for handling human resources information without a general consensus among the faculties that they are comfortable with the project and are ready to use the new software. A new commitment on the part of the central administration to hearing and addressing the concerns of the faculties will be necessary to restore faith in the system that was supposed to make everything easier...
...driving itself is harder work. The nighttime shuttle covers most of central Cambridge--from Central Square to the Somerville line to Porter Square to Mount Auburn Hospital...