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作者：Keen, Peter G. W.
作者单位：Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Harvard University; Stanford University; University of Pennsylvania
摘要：Managers face a dilemma in assessing DSS proposals. The issue of qualitative benefits is central, but they must find some way of deciding if the cost is justified. A general weakness of the cost-benefit approach is that it requires knowledge, accuracy, and confidence. about issues which for innovations are unknown, ill-defined, and uncertain. The benefit of a DSS is the incentive for going ahead. The complex calculations of cost-benefit analysis ale replaced in value analysis by rather simple ...
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作者：Koch, Harvey S.
作者单位：University of Rochester
摘要：A new computer auditing technique, called Continuous and Intermittent Simulation (CIS), is introduced. It has been specifically designed as a compliance auditing technique for timesharing systems that can be used to audit internal controls. CIS is an auditing technique that simulates the instruction execution of the application at the time the application is processing a transaction. All data and input to the application is accessible by and shared with the simulation. This means that the simu...
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作者：Kendall, Kenneth E.; Kendall, Julie E.
作者单位：University of Nebraska System; University of Nebraska Lincoln; University of Nebraska System; University of Nebraska Lincoln
摘要：Information Analysts observe the elements of an organization in order to gain information unavailable through interviewing and the investigation of hard data. In the past he process of observation has been intuitive at best. This article describes and develops a systematic methodology for analyzing the internal organizational environment. The approach is based on a framework used in film criticism called mise-en-scene analysis. Seven major concrete and abstract elements which influence organiz...
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作者：Edelman, Franz
摘要：Managing the resources - people, machines, technologies, and ideas - required to deal with business information has become a task so large and complex that a new perspective is needed for both management and professional communities. This article develops a framework for a better understanding of what needs to be done and why, based on a historical view of the information management arts and sciences. This framework is also based on a resulting organizational structure with the potential of av...
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作者：Nichols, Mary Lippitt
作者单位：University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; University of Kansas
摘要：Planning for a successful MIS implementation requires understanding the effects of the introduction of a new system or; the work lives of potential adopters. The effects can be assessed by the MIS practitioner/change agent if the agent will first obtain a thorough and specific understanding of the task activities performed by potential adopters, the interactions they engage in as they perform their tasks, and their preferences for, or feelings about, those activities and interactions. An inter...
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作者：Dickson, Gary W.
