a computer system designed to collect, store, process, and provide access to information to support managerial decision making. Decision support systems were developed in the...
Organizational decisions are often made in groups where group members may be distributed geographically in different locations. Furthermore, a decision-making process, in practice, frequently involves various uncertain factors including linguistic expressions of decision makers' preferences and opinions. This paper first proposes a rational-political group decision-making model which identifies three uncertain...
With the growing need to adapt to external competitive demands and internal accountability mechanisms, schools and school systems have built up large-scale information systems with data from standardized tests and with administrative data. With reference to findings in research on management information systems, key aspects and constraints of data-driven decision-making...
Decision making requires both information and knowledge. Information or its absence is central to decision making situations involving uncertainty and complexity, while knowledge or its absence is associated with problems of ambiguity and equivocality. This paper proposes that computer-based decision support technologies are appropriate to supporting decision making under conditions...
This paper discusses the design and application of a decision support system DSS based on the third-generation distributed dynamic decision-making (DDD-III) simulator and contingency theory to increase the organizational cognitive capacity and to facilitate the processes of adaptation. The role of the DSS is to provide mission-monitoring and re-planning information...
Information Systems IS are tools and instruments engaged in recording, analyzing, and disseminating strategic information within the organization. They play an important role in the decision making process. Access to precise information leads to more effective and efficient decisions. Decision Support Systems DSS are interactive IT based systems which utilize...
Management is responsible for determining where Decision Support Systems DSS can have the greatest impact. DSS can improve performance by speeding up decision-making or improving the quality of decisions made. The paper examines the support systems, which enhance management decision-making in organizations. The applications and advantages of the same are...
Decision-making involves choosing the most appropriate solution to a problem from amongst a large number of solutions. It entails evaluating pros and cons of each solution, in context of prevailing circumstances, and accordingly making the decision. Managers in an organization have to perennially make decisions. Decision Support Systems DSS are...
This paper discusses DSS and knowledge management in Singerian organizations and calls for a new decision-making paradigm for DSS. This paper describes decision making and knowledge management KM issues in inquiring organizations. The paper further argues that a new paradigm for decision making is needed within decision support systems. This...
This project investigated the interrelationships between family expectations and young people's post-school plans. All of the participants were from financially disadvantaged families. The research used interviews to understand these young people's perspectives of their transition experiences: the ways in which young people's school experiences impacted on their...
Spend Analytics Tool Speeds Decision Making at Baptist Healthcare System CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- One of Kentucky's largest not-for-profit healthcare systems expects to save at least $1 million in supply expense during its first year using SpendAdvisor, Premier's innovative spend management decision-support tool. In fact, Baptist Healthcare...
ThinkTankR and cOrdin8 Collaborative Innovation & Execution Software combine to create centralized information environment. DENVER, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- GroupSystems, the global leader in team collaboration for innovation, decision-making, leadership and a pioneer in the Group Intelligence segment, today announced that it has signed a partner agreement...
Latest release supports the integration of imagery to GIS workflows with seamless data exchange between ENVI and ArcGIS Desktop from ESRI BOULDER, Colo. -- ITT Visual Information Solutions, a business of ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT), announced the newest release of its premier geospatial image processing and analysis software,...
A single integrated system will improve business decision making BOSTON -- Maconomy US, leading provider of business solutions and services for professional services companies, along with partner 360 Visibility, announced today that Cossette Communication has selected the Maconomy Agency Solution for 1350 users in Canada, with the possibility...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-30 July 2008-OceTechnologies award contract to Cezanne SoftwareC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Oce Technologies, a company that provides print and document management products and services for professional environments, has announced that it has awarded a contract to Cezanne Software, a supplier of HR and Talent Management software systems....
WILSONVILLE, Ore. -- Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) today announced that the 2008.1 release of Mentor's CHS design software, available this week, provides electrical simulation functionality inherently within the core Capital Logic and Capital Integrator tools. Previously purchasable as additional modules, both qualitative behavioral and numerical simulation is...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-24 July 2008-eFuture announces contract with Tiens GroupC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com eFuture Information Technology Inc (Nasdaq: EFUT), a provider of front-end supply chain management software and services in China, announced on Wednesday (23 July) it has signed a contract to provide its mySHOP Retail Business Management System...
PROS Europe Forum Endorsed by European Pricing Platform & Technology Sponsor Microsoft LONDON & HOUSTON -- PROS, a world leader in pricing and revenue optimization science and software, today announced open registration for the PROS Europe Pricing & Revenue Optimization Forum - 2008. The conference...
Intacct, a leader in on-demand financialmanagement and accounting applications, today announced that by using theIntacct financial management system, Bulk TV & Internet has greatlyimproved its financial operations and its strategic business decisionmaking process. The company also leverages Intacct's native integrationwith salesforce.com to facilitate collaboration and more effective...
Symyx Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMX)announced today that it will release second quarter 2008 results onWednesday, July 30, 2008. Isy Goldwasser, chief executive officer, and Rex Jackson, executive vicepresident and chief financial officer, will host a webcast at 5:00 pmET/2:00 pm PT, to discuss Symyx's recent business and financial...
Collexis' Technology To Enhance Decision Making On Biotechnology Research Funding COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Collexis Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: CLXS), a leading developer of semantic and knowledge discovery software, announced today that the National Center for Research Resources NCRR, of the National Institutes of Health NIH, has...
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