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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：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：Ahituv, Niv
作者单位：University of British Columbia; University of Calgary; Tel Aviv University; Bank of Israel
摘要：A multiattribute utility approach is adopted to assess the value of an information system. Various economic analyses of the value of information are reviewed and the conceptual problems regarding the definition of this value and some measurement difficulties are discussed. A list of possible utility attributes is proposed for a reporting system value assessment, add for each attribute a measure and a utility function is suggested. Some techniques which constitute a joint utility function are p...
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作者：Munro, Malcolm C.; Wheeler, Basil R.
作者单位：University of Calgary
摘要：Focusing on a manager's goals and critical success factors has been advocated as an approach to defining senior and middle managers' information requirements. In this article a field study is described in which the planning processes in a corporation were used as a mechanism for identifying goals, critical success factors, and performance measures and standards, i.e., information requirements for managerial control. A general approach generated from the field study is described and the advanta...
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作者：Dickson, Gary W.
