Implementing systems for supporting management decisions : concepts, methods and experiences / edited by Patrick Humphreys ... [et al.].

"Contains the selected proceedings of the International Conference on Implementing Systems for Supporting Management Decisions: Concepts, methods, and experiences, sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing and the London School of Economics, held in London, UK, in July 1996"--P. 4 of cover.

Conference was organized by IFIP's Working Group 8.3 on Decision Support Systems and the London School of Economics and Political Science.

"Published by Chapman & Hall on behalf of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)"--T.p.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction / P. C. Humphreys -- 1. Experimentation with Organisation Analyser, a tool for the study of decision making networks in organisations / F. Adam -- 2. A software process for management software systems / A. T. Berztiss -- 3. A management decision support system for allocating housing loans / M. Bohanec, B. Cestnik and V. Rajkovic -- 4. Misuse and nonuse of Knowledge-Based Systems: the past experiences revisited / P. Brezillon and J. Ch. Pomerol -- 5. The effective use of a decision support tool in the area of strategic marketing management / P. R. Burrell, Y. Duan and A. Boskovic -- 6. Information technology in hypointegrated organizations: communication support versus decision support / T. Cariati, G. Iazzolino and A. Tancredi -- 7. Individual and organizational effectiveness: perspectives on the impact of ESS in multinational organizations / S. A. Carlsson, D. E. Leidner and J. J. Elam -- 8. User-centered DSS design and implementation / J.-C. Courbon --

9. Co-decision within cooperative processes: analysis, design and implementation issues / G. De Michelis -- 10. Using the Internet to implement support for distributed decision making / A. R. Dennis, F. Quek and S. K. Pootheri -- 11. A DSS design method based on organizational change / C. Ferioli and P. Migliarese -- 12. Change process implementation: a collective analysis and management procedure / E. Francardi and M. F. Norese -- 13. Are your business and your IT strategy in phase? / P. J. Georges -- 14. Executive information systems development in Thailand / W. Jirachiefpattana, D. R. Arnott and P. A. O'Donnell -- 15. Business patterns: reusable abstract constructs for business specification / H. Kilov and I. D. Simmonds -- 16. System for preparing management decisions: a gas pipeline siting case study / O. I. Larichev, E. N. Andreyeva and M. Y. Sternin -- 17. Design and testing of a DSS to help reduce bias in judgemental forecasting / M. Lawrence --

18. Designing and implementing DSS with system dynamics: lessons learned from modeling a global system of mobile communication (GSM) market / C. Loebbecke and T. X. Bui -- 19. Ethical imperatives in decision support systems design / A. McCosh -- 20. Towards active management information systems / P. Mertens, J. Hagedorn, M. Fischer, N. Bissantz and M. Haase -- 21. A case study of EIS development by an experienced EIS developer / P. A. O'Donnell, D. R. Arnott and W. Jirachiefpattana -- 22. Decision support in marketing / Z. Z. Paprika -- 23. Process for managing project uncertainty with contingency planning / C. Roberts, C. Wild and K. Maly -- Implementation of information technology: issues connected with revision of business processes in transition / H. Sroka and S. Stanek.