Cedar Falls, IA, December 23, 2004 -- Dr. Dan Power's new DSS reference book was released today by iUniverse (www.iUniverse.com). Decision Support Systems: Frequently Asked Questions is the authoritative guide to computerized Decision Support Systems. The ISBN is 0-595-33971-9. The book is ready for advance order at iUniverse.com in paperback at USD $20.95 and hardcover at USD$30.95. The eBook is available at USD $6.00. You can browse the Table of Contents and Chapter 1 online at http://books.iuniverse.com/viewbooks.asp?isbn=0595339719&page=fm1 .

In this DSS FAQ, Dr. Power answers 83 frequently asked questions about computerized decision support systems. The FAQ covers a broad range of contemporary topics and the questions are organized into 8 chapters.

DSS FAQ helps readers understand questions like: What is a DSS? What kind of DSS does Mr. X need? Does data modeling differ for a Data-Driven DSS? Is a Data Warehouse a DSS? Is tax preparation software an example of a DSS? What do I need to know about Data Warehousing/OLAP? What is a cost estimation DSS? What is a Spreadsheet-based DSS?

Decision Support Systems: Frequently Asked Questions is a useful resource for IT specialists, students, professors and managers. It organizes important Ask Dan! questions (with answers) published in DSS News from 2000 through 2004.

Author Dan Power has spent almost 30 years building, studying and teaching others about computerized Decision Support Systems. Dr. Power is first and foremost a Decision Support evangelist and generalist. From his vantage point as editor of DSSResources.COM, he tracks a broad range of contemporary DSS topics.

About Dan Power

Daniel J. "Dan" Power is a Professor of Information Systems and Management at the College of Business Administration at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa and the editor of DSSResources.COM, the Web-based knowledge repository about computerized systems that support decision making, the editor of PlanningSkills.COM and DecisionAutomation.com, and the editor of DSS News, a bi-weekly e-newsletter. Dan writes the column "Ask Dan!" in DSS News.

Dr. Power's research interests include the design and development of Decision Support Systems and how DSS impact individual and organizational decision behavior.

Since 1982, Dan Power has published more than 40 articles, book chapters and proceedings papers. His articles have appeared in leading journals including Decision Sciences, Decision Support Systems, Journal of Decision Systems, MIS Quarterly, Academy of Management Review, and Information and Management. He is also co-author of a 1986 book titled Strategic Management Skills and he authored a 2002 book titled Decision Support Systems: Concepts and Resources for Managers. His previous DSS book (2002) is a broad ranging handbook on the fundamentals of building decision support systems. His expanded DSS Framework has received widespread interest.

Professor Power is a member of three academic journal editorial boards, and he served as section editor of the ISWorld pages on Decision Support Systems and as Chair of the Association for Information Systems Special Interest Group on Decision Support, Knowledge and Data Management Systems (SIG DSS).

In 1982, Professor Power received a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was on the faculty at the University of Maryland-College Park from 1982 to 1989 and received tenure as an Associate Professor in 1987. Power served as the Head of the Management Department at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) from August 1989 to January 1996. He served as Acting Dean of the UNI College of Business Administration from January 16, 1996 to July 31, 1996. Dr. Power has been a visiting lecturer at universities in China, Denmark, Ireland, Israel, and Russia. Power has consulted with a number of organizations and in Summer 2003 he was a Visiting Faculty Research Fellow with the U. S. Air Force Research Lab Information Directorate (AFRL/IF).

About DSSResources.COM

DSSResources.COM (Decision Support Systems Resources) is a web-based knowledge repository. The mission of the site is to help people who are interested in learning about how to use information technologies and software to improve decision making. The target audience is IS professionals, IS students, managers interested in MIS and academics in MIS/DSS. The site is needed because decision support technology is evolving very rapidly. IT managers, IS students and academics face a difficult challenge to stay up-to-date about technology changes and to make good, informed choices about building and maintaining systems to support decision making in organizations.

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