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Interservice Procedures for Instructional Systems Development :
Executive Summary and Model (Continued...)
by Robert K. Branson, Gail T. Rayner and J. Lamarr Cox

be established for selection of tasks for training. Any task that can reasonably be eliminated has the potential for allowing great savings.

Another example of a high payoff area lies in the instructional management plan and delivery system. Careful matching of the management plan and delivery system can lower the internal costs for achieving certain objectives. The relative payoff of each of the steps in the Model is described in more detail in the section dealing specifically with that step. Remember, controlling unnecessary costs is one of the more certain ways to promote real economies.

Management of ISD

The implementation and use of IPISD procedures will probably require changes in existing management planning and decision-making procedures. These changes will be particularly noticed at the local school level. Using ISD has effects on both the resource allocation and supervisory functions of management.

As with most other functions, long term planning in ISD can be expected to result in considerable improvements in payoffs. Because many of the functions called for in IPISD represent professions in and of themselves, a strong commitment to organizational development will be required to meet the long term needs. For example, job analysis, measurement, selection of media, and cost effectiveness analysis are all extremely difficult and complex fields. Developing a local capability to work in these areas can have a very high pay-off for local commands.

Because of the specific nature of many of the functions of ISD, the manuals have been functionally organized to provide the maximum

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