Showing papers in "Information & Management in 1985"

TL;DR: Investigating the relationships between the extent of changes caused by the systems to users' work environments, the users' attitudes towards work related changes, and four measures of DSS success indicates that DSS users are more satisfied with, and use more extensively, those DSS that bring change than those that do not result in substantial changes to their work environment.

TL;DR: The group decision support system “NEGO” assists DMs in finding a compromise in GDM and has been used for solving a GDM problem at the corporate level and is currently utilized in management courses.

TL;DR: A study was conducted in ten organizations of 272 non-DP professionals who develop their own administrative computer-based applications to create taxonomies of such users and of the applications they develop.

TL;DR: DSS and ES are compared in four primary areas: 1) objectives and intents, 2) operational differences, 3) users, and 4) development methodology.

TL;DR: This paper proposes some new tools for mapping system development projects that contain descriptions and interpretations of project situations, cognitive constructs containing pictures that actors make of the situation in which they are involved.

TL;DR: The results show that early development of personalized decision models was positively related to the end- user's previous computer experience, and support the contention that end-user programming improves decision-making performance.

TL;DR: This paper investigated the relationship between the selection of a DSS design method and its ultimate success and collected data from individuals responsible for designing and evaluating DSS, specifically the managers, intermediaries, and designers.

TL;DR: This article investigates EUC and its current practices with a focus on MIS/DP managers' perceptions and attitudes toward EUC, perceived benefits and difficulties of EUC applications and issues related to management and support ofEUC activities.

TL;DR: The research shows that the key factors which affect job satisfaction and intention to quit are under the direct control of management.

TL;DR: Nolan's stage model of organizational data processing activity is used as a basis for discussing the nature of change in organizations as local computing capability proliferates and the role of model administration within organizations is discussed.

TL;DR: The results indicate that good user documentation appears to be an important factor in insuring user understanding and continuing user satisfaction, and firms considering alternative ways of keeping users satisfied might well examine their user documentation practices before exploring other alternatives.

TL;DR: Decision guidelines for managing the extent and character of participation are proposed, which stress that consideration be given to various contextual aspects of the problem, technology, user, job tasks, and organizational design.

TL;DR: Type A behavior pattern was found to be a significant moderator for some of the stressor-criterion associations and the findings suggest that more managerial understanding of person-environment fit in general and the individual employee's predisposition toward the Type A behavior patterns may be beneficial in attempting to initiate, nurture, and sustain a productive and healthy work atmosphere.

TL;DR: The study provides insight into the results of the transfer of computing technology to a developing country where computer usage is relatively widespread and factors potentially related to more successful computer utilization are explored.

TL;DR: A study of decision support systems in major U.S. corporations to examine their methods of operation and the ways in which the DSS contribute to the decision making process provides substantial support for generalized conceptualizations in the literature.

TL;DR: The buying behaviour during the introduction of data processing and computer-assisted information processing in 69 small and medium-sized firms were investigated using a standardized questionnaire and a comparison of the “intensive decision-makers” with all others on their post-purchase development of computer- assisted information processing presents the following finding.

TL;DR: A three-faceted strategy is broadly outlined and proposed that encompasses a diagnostic attitude to the empirical tasks and contextual properties of decision-making, emphasis on decision-makers rather than on decisions, and the concept of DSS design as a joint undertaking for organizational problem-solving.

TL;DR: The differences between organizational computing and personal computing, the connections between the organizational and the personal computing systems within organizations, and the role of MIS are discussed.

TL;DR: Suggestions that could help ensure a smooth evolution toward integrated systems are made are made and some conclusions are drawn.

TL;DR: The empirical results indicate the actual practices of companies in utilizing steering committees, and the reasons for implementing the approach structure, and operating processes are presented.

TL;DR: This study analyzes the influence of ABS (predictor) variables on overall satisfaction and confirms hypotheses that ease of operation, computer reliability, and ease of programming are the major determinants of overall computer user satisfaction.

TL;DR: The final conclusion is that most consumers simply do not have a need nor a desire to access vast computerized data-bases of general information and any other similar system that attempts to satisfy consumer needs for information in such a fashion will surely fail.

TL;DR: Power is examined as an information systems development concept and as a basis for a technique which will enable the information analyst to identify the information requirements for management support systems more effectively.

TL;DR: It is described how a structured systems analysis methodology can be supported using SPSL/SPSA, a computer-aided analysis and documentation tool.

TL;DR: Attitudes of employees toward office automation were assessed, as well as their level of understanding of office automation concepts and techniques, and the general communications climate within the organization, to gain a clearer understanding of the organizational environment prior to implementing an office automation system.

TL;DR: A system developed and implemented in an insurance company is used to illustrate how computer cartography and statistical procedures can be combined as powerful analytical tools.

TL;DR: Organizations are exploring the potential of inter-organizational information systems in greater numbers but potential barriers are the recognition of an information processing problem and the readiness to accept automated solutions.

TL;DR: An overview of an interactive system for the design of a distributed computer system that allows the designer to trade-off between the conflicting objectives: low investment and operating cost and high availability of data.

TL;DR: The development and implementation of a model-based DSS was designed to assist executives at a public agency in the administration of the Guaranteed Student Loan Program and a design methodology for developing such amodel- based DSS on a personal computer is proposed.