Decision-making support systems: Theory & practice
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788740301762
Table of contents: title: Content; title: 1. Historical overview of Decision Support Systems (DSS); title: 1.1. Introduction; title: 1.2. Background; title: 1.3. Decision Support Systems; title: 1.4. Evolution of DSS; title: 1.5. Future trends; title: 1.6. Conclusion; title: 1.7. References; title: 2. Decision Support Systems and decision-making processes; title: 2.1. Introduction; title: 2.2. Background to decision-making; title: 2.3. Development of the DSS Field; title: 2.4. Future trends; title: 2.5. Conclusion; title: 2.6. References; title: 3. An overview of Executive Information Systems research in South Africa; title: 3.1. Introduction; title: 3.2. Background to EIS implementation; title: 3.3. EIS research undertaken in South Africa; title: 3.4. Discussion of previous EIS research undertaken in South Africa; title: 3.5. Future EIS trends; title: 3.6. Conclusion; title: 3.7. References; title: 4. Portal technologies and Executive Information Systems implementation; title: 4.1. Introduction; title: 4.2. Background; title: 4.3. Survey of Web-based technologies’ impact on EIS; title: 4.4. Future trends; title: 4.5. Conclusion; title: 4.6. References; title: 5. Technology Acceptance Model and Executive Information Systems; title: 5.1. Introduction; title: 5.2. Information Systems adoption and usage; title: 5.3. Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) literature review; title: 5.4. Research method and data gathering; title: 5.5. Results and discussion; title: 5.6. Conclusion; title: 5.7. Acknowledgement; title: 5.8. References; title: 5.9. Preamble to Structured Interview Questionnaire; title: 5.10. Executive Information Systems (EIS) Questionnaire; title: 6. Applicability of the Technology Acceptance Model in three developing countries: Saudi Arabia, 6. Malaysia and South Africa; title: 6.1. Introduction; title: 6.2. Information Systems adoption and usage; title: 6.3. Technology Acceptance Model (TAM); title: 6.4. TAM research in three selected developing countries; title: 6.5. Conclusion; title: References; title: 7. A comparative analysis of Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use constructs in organisations in an area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; title: 7.1. Introduction; title: 7.2. Technology Acceptance Model (TAM); title: 7.3. Discussion of two selected TAM/EIS studies; title: 7.4. Averweg () study and Ako-Nai () study findings; title: 7.5. Summary of the two TAM/EIS study findings; title: 7.6. Conclusion; title: 7.7. References; title: 8. Revisiting CSFs for decision-making support systems implementation in South Africa; title: 8.1. Introduction; title: 8.2. Critical Success Factors (CSFs); title: 8.3. Information Technology (IT); title: 8.4. Business Intelligence (BI); title: 8.5. Decision Support for management; title: 8.6. CSFs for DSS; title: 8.7. CSFs for EIS; title: 8.8. Management implications; title: 8.9. Conclusion; title: 8.10. Acknowledgement; title: 8.11. References; title: 9. Glossary of terms; title: 10. Editorial review; title: 11. Subject index