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作者：Todd, Peter; Benbasat, Izak
作者单位：Queens University - Canada; University of British Columbia
摘要：Although Decision Support Systems (DSSs) have been in use since the early seventies, there is as yet no strong theoretical base for predicting how a DSS will influence decision making. Furthermore, the findings of various empirical studies on the outcomes of DSS use are often contradictory. Consequently, there is a need in the Decision Support Systems field for theories or explanatory models to formulate hypotheses, to conduct research in a directed, parsimonious manner and to interpret findin...
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作者：Grant, Rebecca A.; Higgins, Chris A.
作者单位：University System of Ohio; University of Cincinnati; Western University (University of Western Ontario)
摘要：This research examined the impact of Computerized Performance Monitoring and Control Systems (CPMCSs) on service workers and their perceptions of work. Drawing on a thermostat model of control systems, the work built a causal model of CPMCS impact. The model demonstrated how four monitor design dimensions (tasks measured, frequency of measurement, object of monitoring, and recipient of the monitor data) affected the importance employees placed on production and service. Other constructs in the...
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作者：Prietula, Michael J.; March, Salvatore T.
作者单位：Carnegie Mellon University; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：As with many complex design problems, physical database design is difficult, ill-structured, and highly human intensive. In order to effectively construct support systems or improve the practice of database design, it is important to understand how human designers reason about the task. We report an empirical study of physical database design problem solving. Thirteen subjects each solved two physical database design problems: five subjects were experienced designers; eight were graduate stude...
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作者：Balakrishnan, Anantaram; Whinston, Andrew B.
作者单位：Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
摘要：This paper explores the tradeoffs and information issues in model specification, i.e., choosing the appropriate level of detail and precision of decision support models. For many real-time and distributed decision problems, decision -makers face a wide spectrum of information gathering choices that vary in the amount and quality of information as well as their associated costs and delays. Modeling these problems raises several operational and strategic questions including: how much and what ty...
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作者：Orlikowski, Wanda J.; Robey, Daniel
作者单位：Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); State University System of Florida; Florida International University
摘要：Recent work in social theory departs from prior traditions in proposing that social phenomena can be understood as comprising both subjective and objective elements. We apply this premise of duality to understanding the relationship between information technology and organizations. We construct a theoretical framework in which the development and deployment of information technology in organizations is a social phenomenon, and in which the organizational consequences of technology are products...
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作者：Jarvenpaa, Sirkka L.; Ives, Blake
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; Southern Methodist University
摘要：Letters to shareholders in 649 annual reports published between 1972 and 1987 were analyzed for CEOs' views about information technology. Significant differences were found across industries banking, publishing, petroleum, and retailing in the number of times information technology was mentioned, the types of applications discussed, and the content of the discussion. The results of the industry analysis were in keeping with expectations based on the relative information intensity oft he variou...
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作者：Gurbaxani, Vijay; Mendelson, Haim
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Irvine; Stanford University
摘要：This paper develops a model of the growth of information systems expenditures in the United States. The model incorporates two major factors that influence the rate and pattern of spending growth-the diffusion of technological innovation and the effect of price on the demand for computing. Traditional studies have focused on the role of innovation while ignoring the effects of price on the growth process. We show that while information systems expenses initially grew following an S-curve, more...
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作者：George, Joey F.; Easton, George K.; Nunamaker, J. F., Jr.; Northcraft, Gregory B.
作者单位：University of Arizona; California State University System; San Diego State University; University of Arizona
摘要：As organizational environments become more turbulent and as managers spend more time in meetings in an effort to deal with that turbulence, using information technology to support meetings has become more important. This paper reports on an experiment that compared meetings supported by information technology to meetings with conventional manual support only. The experiment differs from most previous group decision support system (GDSS) experiments in that solutions to the task it used could b...
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作者：Henderson, John C.; Cooprider, Jay G.
作者单位：Boston University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
摘要：Information technology is playing an increasingly integral role in the competitive strategies of many organizations. As this trend continues, it is not surprising that there is growing emphasis on the ability of organizations to plan, design and implement critical information systems. A major strategy to improve the effectiveness of these processes is the use of computer-based planning and design aids. However, there is little empirical evidence that using this technology provides a significan...
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作者：Straub, Detmar W., Jr.
作者单位：University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：Information security has not been a high priority for most managers. Many permit their installations to be either lightly protected or wholly unprotected, apparently willing to risk major losses from computer abuse. This study, based on the criminological theory of general deterrence, investigates whether a management decision to invest in IS security results in more effective control of computer abuse. Data gathered through a survey of 1,211 randomly selected organizations indicates that secu...
