The methodological and theoretical foundations of decision support

Decision support systems (DSS) is the part of the information systems (IS) discipline that is focused on supporting and improving managerial decision making. The field covers personal DSS, group support systems, negotiation support systems, intelligent DSS, knowledge management-based DSS, executive...

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Main Authors: Arnott, David, Pervan, Graham
Other Authors: Dennis Hart
Format: Conference Paper
Published: ANU E Press 2007
Online Access:http://epress.anu.edu.au/info_systems02_citation.html
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21170
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description Decision support systems (DSS) is the part of the information systems (IS) discipline that is focused on supporting and improving managerial decision making. The field covers personal DSS, group support systems, negotiation support systems, intelligent DSS, knowledge management-based DSS, executive information systems/business intelligence, and data warehousing. Our long-term project on the intellectual foundations of DSS research has revealed a conservative field that needs to re-orient its research agendas to achieve greater quality and impact. This paper furthers this project and explores what we feel may be at the core of the field’s problems — its methodological and theoretical foundations. A number of recommendations for improving the quality and relevance of DSS research are made. As DSS is a significant proportion of IS research, the lessons and recommendations from this study may be of use to all IS researchers.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-211702022-11-21T05:19:41Z The methodological and theoretical foundations of decision support Arnott, David Pervan, Graham Dennis Hart Shirley Gregor Decision support systems (DSS) is the part of the information systems (IS) discipline that is focused on supporting and improving managerial decision making. The field covers personal DSS, group support systems, negotiation support systems, intelligent DSS, knowledge management-based DSS, executive information systems/business intelligence, and data warehousing. Our long-term project on the intellectual foundations of DSS research has revealed a conservative field that needs to re-orient its research agendas to achieve greater quality and impact. This paper furthers this project and explores what we feel may be at the core of the field’s problems — its methodological and theoretical foundations. A number of recommendations for improving the quality and relevance of DSS research are made. As DSS is a significant proportion of IS research, the lessons and recommendations from this study may be of use to all IS researchers. 2007 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21170 http://epress.anu.edu.au/info_systems02_citation.html ANU E Press restricted
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The methodological and theoretical foundations of decision support
title The methodological and theoretical foundations of decision support
title_full The methodological and theoretical foundations of decision support
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url http://epress.anu.edu.au/info_systems02_citation.html
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21170