This book closes the gap between information technologies and management decision making. It treats currently relevant topics in information technology-knowledge-based expert systems, graphic-user interface, fuzzy logic, neural networks, data storage, client server, and integration of heterogeneous databases-by using examples and, more importantly, by relating these methods to the needs of the decision maker by taking into account the individual's decision style. The authors provide a solid basis for determining how decision makers use and access information that becomes part of the design of information systems. Integrating the decision maker into the design results in a more intelligent information system because the focus is on the outcome rather than on the methodology or computer power used.
This book closes the gap between information technologies and management decision making. It treats currently relevant topics in information technology-knowledge-based expert systems, graphic-user interface, fuzzy logic, neural networks, data storage, client server, and integration of heterogeneous databases-by using examples and, more importantly, by relating these methods to the needs of the decision maker by taking into account the individual's decision style. The authors provide a solid basis for determining how decision makers use and access information that becomes part of the design of information systems. Integrating the decision maker into the design results in a more intelligent information system because the focus is on the outcome rather than on the methodology or computer power used.
Integrating decision makers and their needs into the design of information systems.
Preface
Introduction
The Urgency in Using Intelligent Information Systems
Means for Improving Decision Making
Decision Making in the 1990s
Reasoning and Intelligent Information Support
Knowledge Enhancement
Knowledge Sharing
Emerging Information Technologies for Intelligent Support
Improving Organizational Performance
Organization Transformation and Information
Index
ALAN J. ROWE is Professor Emeritus, Management, at the
University of Southern California. He has had extensive experience
in applying simulation and information technology at G.E. and
Hughes Aircraft, and was the Director of Industrial Dynamics on the
Corporate Staff of Hughes Aircraft Company. He has published 20
books on management, managerial decision making, and related topics
along with over 150 journal articles including leading articles in
Artificial Intelligence.
SUE ANNE DAVIS lectures in the fields of information technology
integration and strategic marketing at the University of
California, and is Vice President of Market Research with Entre
International, Inc. She combines international business experience
with a research background in the utliization of technology in
organizational development and design. She has published many
articles on knowledge-based systems emphasizing the use and
application of information technology.
?Rowe and Davis have written an excellent book designed to bring
together the multifaceted dimensions of information systems. They
survey a variety of information systems, as well as introduce
various types of individual learning and decision-making styles....
The book's emphasis on the critical importance of human factors in
the design of information systems will serve any student or
practitioner well in the pursuit of designing systems that actually
meet the needs of decision makers. Information systems that support
knowledge-based paradigm shifts are critical to their effective use
in organizations, and this work provides a good overview of this
important topic. Highly recommended for upper-division
undergraduate or masters level students of management information
systems as well as for professionals.?-Choice
"Rowe and Davis have written an excellent book designed to bring
together the multifaceted dimensions of information systems. They
survey a variety of information systems, as well as introduce
various types of individual learning and decision-making styles....
The book's emphasis on the critical importance of human factors in
the design of information systems will serve any student or
practitioner well in the pursuit of designing systems that actually
meet the needs of decision makers. Information systems that support
knowledge-based paradigm shifts are critical to their effective use
in organizations, and this work provides a good overview of this
important topic. Highly recommended for upper-division
undergraduate or masters level students of management information
systems as well as for professionals."-Choice
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