Implementing systems for supporting management decisions
Subtitle: concepts, methods and experiences
By: edited by Patrick Humphreys [and others]
Contributors: IFIP WG 8.3.; International Federation for Information Processing; International Conference on Implementing Systems for Supporting Management Decisions: Concepts, Methods, and Experiences (1996 : London, England)
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: IFIP - The International Federation for Information Processing; IFIP - The International Federation for Information Processing
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780387349671; 9781475754537
Subjects: Decision support systems; Congresses; Computer Science; Management information systems; Information Storage and Retrieval; Business Information Systems
Description: The motivation for this book is to provide, in a concise format, account of the explorations and integration of the lessons learned from experimental decision support system implementation. This book considers the various aspects of developing decision support systems in a way which is accessible to the full range of participants in the process.
Notes: "Contains the selected proceedings of the International Conference on Implementing Systems for Supporting Management Decisions: Concepts, methods, and experiences, sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing and the London School of Economics, held in London, UK, in July 1996"--Page 4 of cover.

Conference was organized by IFIP's Working Group 8.3 on Decision Support Systems and the London School of Economics and Political Science.

"Published by Chapman & Hall on behalf of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Print version record.
Table of contents: title: 1 Experimentation with Organisation Analyser, a tool for the study of decision making networks in organizations; title: 2 A software process for management software systems; title: 3 A management decision support system for allocating housing loans; title: 4 Misuse and nonuse of Knowledge-Based Systems: the past experiences revisited; title: 5 The effective use of a decision support tool in the area of strategic marketing management; title: 6 Information technology in hypointegrated organizations: communication support versus decision support; title: 7 Individual and organizational effectiveness: perspectives on the impact of ESS in multinational organizations; title: 8 User-centered DSS design and implementation; title: 9 Co-decision within cooperative processes: analysis, design and implementation issues; title: 10 Using the Internet to implement support for distributed decision making; title: 11 A DSS design method based on organizational change; title: 12 Change process implementation: a collective analysis and management procedure; title: 13 Are your business and your IT strategy in phase?; title: 14 Executive information systems development in Thailand; title: 15 Business patterns: reusable abstract constructs for business specification; title: 16 System for preparing management decisions: a gas pipeline siting case study; title: 17 Design and testing of a DSS to help reduce bias in judgemental forecasting; title: 18 Designing and implementing DSS with system dynamics: lessons learned from modeling a global system of mobile communication (GSM) market; title: 19 Ethical imperatives in decision support systems design; title: 20 Towards active management information systems; title: 21 A case study of EIS development by an experienced EIS developer; title: 22 Decision support in marketing; title: 23 Process for managing project uncertainty with contingency planning; title: Implementation of information technology: issues connected with revision of business processes in transition; title: Index of contributors; title: Keyword index.