This collection of work flows from author Udo Richard Averweg’s curiosity and long experience in the Information Systems (IS) field of decision-making support systems. It is not only a description of data and methods, but a commentary on theoretical constructs in different contexts, with a broad set of snapshots from Udo’s ongoing participation in the IS field. This book is a timely review and look into the nature and content of decision-making styles and methods. It is a valuable contribution from an author with a strong mix of practitioner and academic work, both locally and internationally.
Description
Content
- Historical overview of Decision Support Systems (DSS)
- Introduction
- Background
- Decision Support Systems
- Evolution of DSS
- Future trends
- Conclusion
- References
- Decision Support Systems and decision-making processes
- Introduction
- Background to decision-making
- Development of the DSS Field
- Future trends
- Conclusion
- References
- An overview of Executive Information Systems research in South Africa
- Introduction
- Background to EIS implementation
- EIS research undertaken in South Africa
- Discussion of previous EIS research undertaken in South Africa
- Future EIS trends
- Conclusion
- References
- Portal technologies and Executive Information Systems implementation
- Introduction
- Background
- Survey of Web-based technologies’ impact on EIS
- Future trends
- Conclusion
- References
- Technology Acceptance Model and Executive Information Systems
- Introduction
- Information Systems adoption and usage
- Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) literature review
- Research method and data gathering
- Results and discussion
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgement
- References
- Preamble to Structured Interview Questionnaire
- Executive Information Systems (EIS) Questionnaire
- Applicability of the Technology Acceptance Model in three developing countries: Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and South Africa
- Introduction
- Information Systems adoption and usage
- Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)
- TAM research in three selected developing countries
- Conclusion References
- Introduction
- Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)
- Discussion of two selected TAM/EIS studies
- Averweg () study and Ako-Nai () study findings
- Summary of the two TAM/EIS study findings
- Conclusion
- References
- Introduction
- Critical Success Factors (CSFs)
- Information Technology (IT)
- Business Intelligence (BI)
- Decision Support for management
- CSFs for DSS
- CSFs for EIS
- Management implications
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgement
- References