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作者：Hackathorn, Richard D.; Keen, Peter G. W.
作者单位：University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder; University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Harvard University; Stanford University; University of Pennsylvania
摘要：This article suggests a strategy for using Personal Computing to provide decision support to individuals within an organizational context. The growing phenomenon of personal computing is recognized as a valid technological base for providing decision support to individuals. However, the challenge is the exploitation of this capability within an organizational context. In Particular, personal computing raises many management control issues. The article suggests a useful distinction between pers...
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作者：Edelman, Franz
摘要：The work reported in this article concerns the development and application of a radically new system architecture. This has been found, through controlled experimentation, to have substantial impact on managerial effectiveness and on the productivity of the firm's supporting white collar labor force. The article describes the motivation which first gave rise to these efforts and the solution developed to address the motivating problem. It describes a general model of the cost of information co...
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作者：Highsmith, Jim
作者单位：Exxon Mobil Corporation
摘要：Information systems planning is of growing interest to many MIS practitioners. This article postulates that one key element missing from most literature on systems planning is the transition from a strategic plan to an executable, operational plan. The article then describes the application of structured tools and methodology to assist in improving this transition task. The process and the examples explained in the article were taken from the author's experience in implementing them while at O...
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作者：Hamilton, Scott; Chervany, Norman L.
作者单位：University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：While the use and costs of Management Information Systems (MIS) have become highly visible, little attention has been paid to assessing and communicating system effectiveness. Evaluation of system effectiveness is difficult due to its multidimensionality. its quantitative and qualitative aspects, and the multiple. and often conflicting, evaluator viewpoints. This article provides an overview of what system effectiveness means and how it should be measured. It is the first of two articles to ap...
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作者：Dickson, Gary W.
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作者：Young, Lawrence F.
作者单位：Drexel University; Technion Israel Institute of Technology; DuPont; DuPont USA; Drexel University
摘要：Some underlying causes of increasing costs in the health cam field and some of their proposed remedies are examined for relevance to the practice of MIS. Conflicting values between specialists and administrators have been described and illustrated in health cam by behavior patterns called The Golden Scope Syndrome and The Availability Effect. These are seen by the author as working in similar ways in computer using organizations. Underlying organizational factors and ways to bring specialist g...
