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Do DSS builders assume their targeted users are rational thinkers? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Attitudes that we, as DSS builders, have toward potential users of a proposed DSS influences our design cho...	Building DSS	Feb 26, 2011
Can decision support aid in critical thinking? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Critical thinking is discussed broadly in education circles. Teaching students to be "critical thinke...	DSS Foundations	Nov 25, 2015
What is the need for decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com There is a growing need for decision support: 1) decision-making is challenging and the challenge to ...	DSS Foundations	Apr 29, 2017
How do individual differences impact use of decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM People differ in abilities, capabilities, attitudes, beliefs, biases and knowledge, among many possib...	DSS Foundations	Nov 30, 2018
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
Can computerized decision support reduce cognitive biases in decision making? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Individuals have predictable thinking patterns. Some patterns are positive and others lead to poor choic...	Building DSS	Jan 10, 2019
Why do some managers resist using DSS? by Daniel Power Editor, DSSResources.com Opposing change, especially technology change, is common and often times misguided. Rational opposition ...	DSS Foundations	Nov 22, 2020
How can DSS builders reduce resistance to a new system? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com A new decision support system (DSS) may be an incremental change in an existing process, or provide a radi...	Building DSS	Nov 12, 2008
What is the impact of decision support on cognitive biases, decision style and risk attitudes? by Daniel J. Power, Editor of DSSResources.com Cognitive bias, decision styles and risk attitudes impact the use and effectiveness of decision su...	DSS Foundations	Mar 13, 2019
What is evidence-based decision making? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Evidence-based decision making is a process of reason and rationality. The fast-flowing torrent of co...	DSS Foundations	May 15, 2018
What are the advantages and disadvantages of computerized decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM This question in various forms has been popular in the Ask Dan! email. For example, J. Maclearn aske...	DSS Theory	Mar 02, 2007
What is logical decision-making? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Many adjectives are used to modify the compound word decision making or decision-making. For example,...	DSS Foundations	Sep 10, 2019
How do decision-making models relate to the design and use of DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Both descriptive and prescriptive quantitative decision making model asre important to understanding compu...	DSS Theory	Mar 07, 2015
Can decision support help political leaders make decisions? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM For many years, I have been systematically reading books by and about Herbert Clark Hoover and Henry ...	DSS Foundations	Jan 25, 2014
Can using a DSS have unintended negative consequences? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM YES. Decision support is not a cure-all or a panacea. Researchers and managers often focus too much o...	DSS Theory	May 12, 2016
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
How important is trust to the use of decision support technologies? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Decision support acceptance means that potential users trust the system and its analysis. Trust is e...	DSS Foundations	May 26, 2015
What is the Amazon working backwards approach? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO, has had great success since the Amazon e-tailing website launched on July 16, 199...	DSS Foundations	Aug 16, 2020
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
How complex is managing? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Management roles are increasingly specialized, management tasks are often complex, and projects have expa...	DSS Foundations	Aug 28, 2019
What is the decision support information demand and supply equilibrium? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM At equilibrium the demand for decision support data and information equals the supply. In this era of...	DSS Foundations	Oct 28, 2018
Why are some organizations slow to adopt new decision support technologies? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Change and innovation continues related to computerized decision support. Some managers seem quick to pur...	DSS Foundations	Jul 22, 2012
Can DSS enhance sustainability efforts? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Sustainability is the capacity to endure. Computerized decision support can potentially help managers and i...	DSS Foundations	Jul 30, 2012
What is the difference between knowledge management and decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Both academics and software vendors can over promote technology advantages and solutions. We seem to get e...	DSS Foundations	Dec 18, 2015
What theories are especially relevant to decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Decision support is an applied field of study like accounting, engineering, and medicine. Design scie...	DSS Foundations	Dec 16, 2018
Will thinking machines make better decisions than people? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Fifty years of computing technology improvement has led to faster computation, faster transmission of data ...	DSS Foundations	Jul 30, 2012
What are common barriers and challenges to becoming agile? Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Any major change is always somewhat challenging and becoming agile and doing agile is a major change. Transitioni...	DSS Foundations	Mar 01, 2020
What is a data scientist? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM A practitioner of the emerging discipline of data science is called a data scientist. Data science is...	DSS Foundations	Sep 26, 2014
Are soft skills important in a digital business? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Some observers claim the increasing use of Artificial Intelligence and Decision Automation will creat...	DSS Foundations	Feb 12, 2019
How can video conferencing provide enhanced decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM In some situations, video conferencing can provide enhanced decision support. The major issue facing m...	DSS Foundations	May 24, 2015
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 criteria should be used for evaluating DSS software packages? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Evaluating software packages is an important task. Some people might be quick to list criteria like e...	Evaluating DSS Projects	Feb 06, 2016
Is an insight-driven organization myth or reality? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com An insight-driven organization seems more like marketing hype, building on a catchy name, than reality. O...	DSS Foundations	Aug 18, 2019
Is reengineering needed to build an effective DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com No! Some specific business decision processes have serious weaknesses and problems that can be solved by i...	Building DSS	Nov 15, 2007
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
What influences supply and demand for information goods? Mary Daly, Cork University Business School and Daniel J. Power, DSSResources.com and University of Northern Iowa Organisational decision making en...	DSS Foundations	Jun 22, 2019
What is opportunistic decision making? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM An opportunity is a potential action that if implemented is likely to help attain a desired goal. Som...	DSS Foundations	Apr 23, 2018
What criteria should be used to evaluate BI/DW vendor solutions? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Selecting an enterprise business intelligence (BI)/data warehouse (DW) vendor solution is an important deci...	DSS Foundations	Dec 26, 2013
What are common DSS architectural patterns or styles? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Information technology continues to evolve, but one can identify various architectural patterns or styles ...	Building DSS	Oct 03, 2007
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 does business analytics differ from data analytics? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Both business analytics and data analytics are relatively new terms in the business lexicon. Students...	DSS Foundations	Jun 24, 2018
What is the impact of social media on decision making? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Information technology is changing how we communicate, obtain and process information for personal and work...	DSS Foundations	May 10, 2011
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
What will the DSS headline be in FORTUNE Magazine in 2010? By Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Readers may recall my promise in the September 25, 2005 trip report from Teradata Partners to discuss this...	DSS Foundations	Oct 22, 2006

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