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How are organizational decisions made? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com One of the most debated and studied organizational decision processes is the decision making by President J...	DSS Foundations	Dec 24, 2010
How can DSS help in crisis planning, response and management? This Ask Dan! is a follow-up to a column written in August 2003. My goal is to discuss "some of the more creative and practical things we can u...	Crisis Management	Aug 16, 2005
How does decision support help in a major emergency? Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Any event that occurs with little or no warning and causes or threatens death or injury, serious disruption of es...	DSS Foundations	Aug 29, 2020
How has the health crisis impacted use of information technologies? by Daniel J. Power The novel coronavirus pandemic has been impacting our lives for many months. People and organizations have rapidly adopted and u...	DSS Foundations	Oct 31, 2020
How can computerized decision support help in crisis situations? It seems that more crises are occurring in both business and public domains and the magnitude of them is also sometimes much larger than any previousl...	Crisis Management	Aug 16, 2005
Can DSS/IS/IT improve the Incident Command System? What needs can DSS meet? YES. Readers may recall my initial discussion of computerized decision support in crisis/emergency situations (DSS News, 08/31/2003). That Ask Dan! ...	Crisis Management	Aug 16, 2005
What are substitutes for computerized decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Some computerized decision support is increasingly a necessity, but there remain many substitutes or alter...	DSS Theory	Aug 06, 2005
What is the scope of database administration? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Databases are central to transaction processing and decision support. Database administration is a com...	DSS Foundations	Nov 12, 2014
How could innovative DSS have assisted in specific crisis situations? This Ask Dan! builds upon prior discussions of DSS for crisis planning, response and management. Rather than examine this broad topic from a general...	Crisis Management	Aug 16, 2005
Are strategic decision processes structured? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com There are patterns, regularities and repetitive actions in decision processes that create observable struct...	DSS Foundations	Oct 11, 2009
Why is anticipatory technology decision-making important? by Daniel J. Power Technology change is accelerating and advancing. Technology optimism, a belief that improved technology will always solve more p...	DSS Foundations	Jun 16, 2020
How does planning differ from decision-making? This frequently asked question seems straight forward and easy to answer, but it is one that I have grappled with for many years. Discriminating decis...	DSS Theory	Aug 06, 2005
What is Technology Leapfrogging? Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power The Winter 2020 global coronavirus outbreak created a significant impetus to adopt new technologies to support an...	DSS Foundations	May 09, 2020
What can one conclude about becoming agile? Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Agile behaviors and processes are often better than rigid, bureaucratic ones. Becoming agile is worthwhile. Agile...	DSS Foundations	Aug 06, 2020
Did decision automation cause the subprime mortgage crisis? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Actions of greedy and naive people caused the crisis. People built and implemented the computerized d...	DSS Foundations	Sep 14, 2018
What is decision support planning? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decision support planning is an anticipatory decision-making process that involves critical thinking about ...	DSS Theory	Jun 23, 2009
What is data-driven decision making? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM A recent Capgemini (2012) study found that 9 out of 10 business leaders “believe data is now the fou...	DSS Foundations	Nov 27, 2014
Can decision support tools help minimize black swan events? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM In decision making and planning, managers are sometimes surprised by unanticipated events. A black sw...	DSS Foundations	Aug 11, 2019
When is "real-time" decision support desirable and needed? My Ask Dan! column “What is ‘real-time’ decision support in DSS News (Vol. 3, No. 24) struck a chord with some readers. This column is a follow-...	Building DSS	Aug 06, 2005
What are characteristics of the computerized decision support domain? Daniel J. Power Decision support and decision support systems are varied. Seven characteristics can help described both appropriate decision suppor...	DSS Foundations	Mar 09, 2020
What is a Planning Support System? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Reading the trade press, academic articles and web sites forces those of us interested in computerized supp...	DSS Foundations	Aug 06, 2005
What is adaptive planning? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Adaptive planning is a process and theory for coping with change and complexity. Adaptive planning ide...	DSS Foundations	Feb 15, 2020
Can DSS improve strategic planning? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decision support (DSS) can improve strategic planning and strategic control. Many organizations have not ...	DSS Foundations	Mar 05, 2016
How can DSS impact steps in a general decision process model? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com There are many types of computerized decision support systems that support a diverse set of tasks. Exper...	DSS Foundations	May 14, 2008
Can computerized decision support improve national security decision making? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM PERHAPS. The current review of options for exiting from Iraq demonstrates the complexity of national...	DSS Theory	May 01, 2007
What decisions are appropriate for model-driven DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Some decision problems occur across diverse businesses. Various approaches can be used to solve them depen...	Model-driven DSS	Dec 29, 2008
What is/was IFPS? IFPS is an acronym for interactive financial planning system. My friend Paul Gray is an expert on financial planning systems and IFPS, and what I know...	Model-driven DSS	Aug 07, 2005
Does an “information culture” encourage adopting and using decision support technologies? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Supposedly, the phenomenon of an “information culture” influences why some organizations adopt in...	DSS Theory	Nov 12, 2017
What are examples of clinical decision aids? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM A decision aid is a tool that assists a person in making a specific decision. For example, a highway ...	DSS Foundations	Jul 11, 2019
What is a good replacement for models built using IFPS? On December 5, 2000, Hubert Deneault, Hydro-Quebec, wrote "First, I want to thank you for offering a service like DSSResources.com. It is very he...	Model-driven DSS	Aug 07, 2005
What is digital organizational management? Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Organizational management is a process of structuring, planning and directing resources and people to achieve goa...	DSS Foundations	Aug 29, 2020
How can managers identify opportunities to create innovative DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Once a manager believes it is possible to gain significant benefits or even a competitive advantage from ...	Evaluating DSS Projects	Dec 12, 2007
Can mHealth help physicians manage patients and reduce their own cognitive workloads? Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin mHealth is an umbrella term for any use of mobile devices and telecommunications to support the practice of medic...	DSS Foundations	Jul 21, 2020
How important is forecasting decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Decision support and analytical systems that use data sets with models and statistical analyses remain...	DSS Foundations	Jul 12, 2015
What are the most common database design mistakes? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM In a 2008 eWeek slide show, Brian Prince identified "The Most Common Database Design Mistakes." The l...	DSS Foundations	Aug 03, 2013
What is decision automation? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decision automation (DA) means software rather than people make decisions. The concept of decision au...	DSS Foundations	Dec 19, 2018
What is active enterprise financial planning? Active enterprise financial planning is a collaborative, participative, real-time, web-based approach for budgeting, performance management and financ...	DSS Applications	Aug 07, 2005
Is tax preparation software an example of a DSS? "Is X a DSS?" is a common question in the Ask Dan! email. Let's try to figure out the answer to this question together.First, what is the pu...	DSS Applications	Aug 07, 2005
What vendors have communications-driven DSS for collaboration? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com With the growth of cloud computing more sophisticated communications-driven DSS have been developed to ass...	DSS Foundations	Dec 17, 2011
What is the design concept for PlanningDSS.com? In the Ask Dan! in DSS News of May 22, 2005, I introduced PlanningDSS.com and indicated that in a future column I might explain the overall concept an...	Planning DSS	Aug 07, 2005
What are Drucker's views on planning and decision making? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Peter Drucker (November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005) was an influential management thinker. His w...	DSS Foundations	Apr 23, 2018
How do DSS differ from TPS? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM excerpted from Power, D. (2002, pp. 8-9) Development of Decision Support Systems (DSS) is one of the...	DSS Foundations	Nov 07, 2020
What is the job of a datawarehouse administrator? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM The Data Warehouse Administrator supports the ongoing development and maintenance of data warehousing ...	DSS Foundations	Oct 25, 2018
What is Planners Lab? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Planners Lab is an innovative software product, a modern version of IFPS, a new tool for teaching student...	Model-driven DSS	Oct 22, 2006
Does the term big data have utility for managers? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Big data is a colorful phrase for a significant change in data capture, retrieval and storage. Each...	Data-driven DSS	Apr 10, 2014
When is agile most appropriate? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Agile methods are most appropriate when project requirements are uncertain, stakeholders seek rapid resul...	DSS Foundations	Nov 24, 2019
What is PlanningDSS.COM? Recently, DSSResources.COM registered a new domain name, PlanningDSS.COM. The name summarizes the purpose of the web site -- it is a planning decisi...	Planning DSS	Sep 13, 2005
What are the characteristics of decisions? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM and Ciara Heavin Managing Editor, Journal of Decision Systems Managers make many decisions and ...	DSS Foundations	Oct 30, 2016
What criteria should be used for evaluating proposed plans? In the process of developing plans and alternative courses of action (COA), multiple criteria or factors should be used to determine the validity of e...	DSS Theory	Aug 16, 2005
How does organization level impact decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com A wide variety of managerial decisions are made in each organization's hierarchy. Many of those decision...	Building DSS	Aug 05, 2008

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