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作者：Schwartz, Ronald; Fortune, Joan; Norwich, Julian
作者单位：Abbott Laboratories
摘要：AMANDA, an acronym for Automated Management of Document Access, is a completely online intraorganizational document based retrieval system. It is both a reference system, in that an indexed summary or surrogate of a document is created and stored for retrieval by computer, and a full text system, and in that the complete document can be entered, searched, and retrieved if needed. AMANDA is capable of handling a wide variety of document types (e.g., letter, memo, report, contract, reprint, book...
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作者：Davis, Gordon B.
作者单位：University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
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作者：Kneitel, Arnold M.
作者单位：DuPont; DuPont USA; General Electric; American Chemical Society
摘要：Du Pont's international business is becoming a more important part of its worldwide total. The Polymer Products Department (PPD), due to the merging of former independent departments, represents about 25% of Du Pont's worldwide revenues, and has the largest export sales section several hundred million dollars annually. As PPD's product lines increased, managers with geographic responsibilities must cope with an increasingly complex array of detailed product, end use, sales, and forecast inform...
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作者：Sprague, Ralph H., Jr.
作者单位：University of Hawaii System
摘要：This article proposes a framework to explore the nature, scope, and content of the evolving topic of Decision Support Systems (DSS). The first part of the framework considers (a) three levels of technology which have been designated DSS, (b) the developmental approach that is evolving for the creation of a DSS, and (c) the roles of several key types of people in the building and use of a DSS. The second part develops a descriptive model to assess the performance objectives and the capabilities...
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作者：Scott, James H.
作者单位：Procter & Gamble
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作者：Cheney, Paul H.; Lyons, Norman R.
摘要：This study reports on some of the employment trends and skill requirements in the information systems area as seen by the information systems managers of 32 of the nation's largest organizations. The data was gathered via personal interviews and questionnaires. We believe the results to be quite interesting in terms of both work force projections and the perceived job skills that are required for programmers, systems analysts, and data processing managers.
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作者：Dickson, Gary W.
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作者：Gremillion, Lee L.
作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
摘要：Systems development and implementation are traditionally approached as a process of designing and fitting a tool to its user's needs. Cases arise, however, due to economic constraints or the desire to standardize, in which an organization directs its subunits to implement a system as is. In such a case, organizational change is mandated and must be managed as such. Certain units of the U. S. Forest Service have been successful in developing a process to manage the implementation of a standardi...
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作者：Weiss, Ira R.
作者单位：University of Houston System; University of Houston; University of Houston System; University of Houston
摘要：Numerous techniques have been identified to assist EDP auditors in accomplishing audit objectives. Within this realm a major issue of interest is identifying methodologies to monitor the reliability and integrity of production software. This article presents a number of available techniques to audit software, and evaluates each on the basis of development cost, operational cost, appropriate timing of usage, and effectiveness.
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作者：Benbasat, Izak; Dexter, Albert S.; Mantha, Robert W.
作者单位：University of British Columbia; Laval University
摘要：This article presents the results of a study which analyzes skills perceived as useful by information systems (IS) managers and systems analysts in IS organizations of different levels of maturity. These IS skills were examined under two major subgroups of generalist, managerial and specialist/technical skills as well as under more detailed categories of organizations, people, society, systems, computers, and models skills. Generalist, i.e., organizational and people skills, were rated highest...
