from DSSResources.com

Decision Support News
D. J. Power, Editor
January 11, 2015             Vol. 16, No. 01


In this issue

1) What are examples of bad strategic business decisions?
2) Recent Decision Support News Headlines
3) Upcoming Decision Support Conferences/Call for Papers


1) What are examples of bad strategic business decisions?

by Daniel J. Power
Editor, DSSResources.com

Bad strategic business decisions lead to bad results. The consequences of implementing the decision may have very negative consequences for the organization. Poor or bad decisions may result from process, individual or situational factors. Paul Nutt (1996) concluded "vast sums of money are spent to make decisions that realize no ultimate value for the organization and managers make the same mistakes over and over again as they formulate the decisions." Can improved decision support and analytics make a difference?

Continue reading at http://dssresources.com/faq/index.php?action=artikel&id=318

Click for more Frequently Asked Questions

2) Recent DSS News Headlines

01/08/2015 Lockheed Martin introduces open source software platform for simpler real-time analytics processing and analysis. Check release.

01/07/2015 CEOs are on offensive against slowing growth. Check release.

3) Upcoming Decision Support Conferences/Call for Papers/Books

1. March 21-23, 2015, International Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (ICIST2015), Istanbul, Turkey. Check the website Click here.

2. May 14-15, 2015 Midwest Association for Information Systems Conference, Pittsburg State University. Check the website Click here.

3. May 27-29, 2015 ICDSST 2015 organized by the EWG-DSS. The theme is “Big Data Analytics for Decision Making”, Belgrade, Serbia. Check the website Click here.

Sponsors

Order Dan Power's new book: Decision Support, Analytics, and Business Intelligence, Second Edition
Click here

Become a Business Expert Press author
Click here


Subscription

You may leave the DSSNews list by sending a message to: MAILSERV@uni.edu where the body of the message contains: UNSUB dssnews

Please tell your friends they may join the list by sending a message to: MAILSERV@uni.edu where the body of the message contains: SUB dssnews

About Decision Support News

Decision Support News is copyrighted (c) 2015 by D. J. Power.

Please send your questions to daniel.power@dssresources.com.

Connect with Daniel J. Power at http://www.linkedin.com/in/danpower

The mailing list is hosted by the University of Northern Iowa in the spirit of cooperation with the network community. The opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect those of the University or its employees. The University shall not be liable for any damages which may result directly or indirectly from errors or omissions in or application of information distributed via this group. Thanks to University of Northern Iowa.

Thanks for supporting Decision Support News (aka DSS News) and DSSResources.com.


DSS Home |  About Us |  Contact Us |  Site Index |  Subscribe | What's New
Please Tell 
Your Friends about DSSResources.COM Copyright © 1995-2021 by D. J. Power (see his home page). DSSResources.COMsm was maintained by Daniel J. Power. See disclaimer and privacy statement.