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Is email a good decision support tool? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM NO! Although many of us have grown attached to email over the years and our email tools have gotten more s...	Communications-driven DSS	Oct 22, 2006
What is the role of decision support in virtual organizations? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Computerized decision support helps make virtual organizations possible. DSS is an enabler and a facilitat...	Communications-driven DSS	Mar 06, 2016
What skills do team leaders need for conducting effective virtual decision-making meetings? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM In general, team leaders need planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling skills (cf., Huber,...	Communications-driven DSS	Aug 02, 2006
How should Decision Support Systems present apparently "Bad News"? On Saturday, January 22, 2005, a special issue of DSS News was sent to all 1066 subscribers. The purpose of the special mailing was to showcase some...	Building DSS	Aug 16, 2005
What are specific benefits of document-driven DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Document-driven DSS is a relatively new category of computerized decision support. These systems assist in ...	DSS Foundations	Aug 02, 2010
What are sources of data for building a data-driven DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Managers and IT staff who are thinking about opportunities for building innovative, data-driven decision su...	DSS Foundations	Jun 20, 2014
Is Information Technology transforming the U.S. Heartland? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM The American heartland is 12 states in the heart of the United States and North America: Illinois, Indi...	DSS Foundations	Dec 12, 2015
How does a document management system differ from a Document-Driven DSS? Vannevar Bush's 1945 vision of a memex that stores everything one has seen and read for fast retrieval is the goal for document management systems. Su...	Document-driven DSS	Aug 06, 2005
How will decision support technologies shape our global society? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Change is definitely occurring in our global society. Some changes are minor and seemingly insignific...	DSS Foundations	Aug 04, 2013
How can managers cope with digital disruption? by Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Nineteen fifty one (1951) marks the beginning of the first wave of economic and social digital disruption and tr...	DSS Foundations	Jun 25, 2018
How does DSS data differ from operational data? by Daniel J Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decision support data used for analytics and data-driven DSS is related to past actions and intentions...	DSS Foundations	Aug 07, 2016
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
What are challenges of real-time decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Pushing "real-time" information to decision makers is now realistic and practical. Real-time decision sup...	Building DSS	Oct 29, 2008
What factors influence corporate acquisition decision-making success? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM In 2017 in the United States, there were a record number of merger and acquisition transactions with 15,1...	DSS Foundations	May 01, 2019
When should managers use communications-driven decision support tools? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Communications-driven decision support systems can remedy a number of problems associated with group commun...	Communications-driven DSS	Sep 15, 2009
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
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 staffing is needed for DW/BI/DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Some Ask Dan! questions are more difficult for me to answer than others. On July 6, 2006, Aileen MacKay se...	Building DSS	Oct 22, 2006
How do social media impact decision making? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Social media is increasing its penetration into our lives. These online technology tools help us use the I...	DSS Foundations	May 29, 2011

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