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- April 1989 (Revised March 1990)
- Case
Burlington Northern (B)
Describes the experiences of a seasoned Burlington Northern (BN) sales representative after the introduction of ShipSmart, a decision support system developed by the BN to help its employees and customers analyze logistics problems. After a brief description of a... View Details
- March 1989 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
Metabo GmbH & Co. KG
By: Robert S. Kaplan
A privately owned German power tool company was dissatisfied with its existing cost system. The system could not produce timely accurate reports on cost center operations, and newly purchased automated machines were attracting large overhead costs. A new, highly... View Details
- March 1989 (Revised September 1995)
- Background Note
Management Support Systems
Provides a technical overview of executive information systems. View Details
Keywords: Management Systems
- January 1989 (Revised March 1991)
- Case
General Electric Canada: Designing a New Organization
By: Lynda M. Applegate and James I. Cash Jr.
General Electric Canada used sociotechnical design techniques to restructure its financial, administrative, facilities, and information technology service from a decentralized, hierarchical organization to a centralized organization composed of self-managing,... View Details
- January 1989 (Revised October 1991)
- Case
Center for Machine Intelligence: Computer Support for Cooperative Work
- January 1989 (Revised March 1990)
- Case
Xerox Corp.: Executive Support Systems
Keywords: Information Technology Industry
- Article
Computer-Aided Deliberation: Model Management and Group Decision Support
By: J. F. Nunamaker, L. M. Applegate and B. R. Konsynski
- Article
Computer-Aided Deliberation: Model Management and Group Decision Support
By: J. F. Nunamaker, L. M. Applegate and Benn R Konsynski
- July 1988 (Revised July 1990)
- Case
Xerox Corp.: Information Technology Support of Product Development
By: James I. Cash Jr. and Donna B. Stoddard
- 01 Jun 1987
- Conference Presentation
Group Decision Support Systems: Determinants of Success
By: D. Vogel, J. F. Nunamaker, L. M. Applegate and B. R. Konsynski
- spring 1987
- Article
Facilitating Group Creativity: Experience with a Group Decision Support System
By: J. Nunamaker, L. M. Applegate and B. Konsynski
- 01 Jan 1987
- Conference Presentation
Executive Support Systems for Hospital Strategic Planning
By: L. M. Applegate and R. O. Mason
- 1987
- Working Paper
Tests of Excess Forecast Volatility in the Foreign Exchange and Stock Markets
By: K. A. Froot
Simple regression tests that have power against the alternatives that asset prices and expected future asset returns are excessively volatile are developed and performed for the foreign exchange and stock markets. These tests have a number of advantages over... View Details
- 01 Dec 1986
- Conference Presentation
A Group Decision Support System for Idea Generation and Issue Analysis in Organization Planning
By: L. M. Applegate, B. R. Konsynski and J. F. Nunamaker
- February 1986
- Article
Design of a Management Support System for Hospital Strategic Planning
By: L. M. Applegate, R. O. Mason and D. Thorpe
- 01 Jan 1986
- Conference Presentation
Design of a Management Support System for Hospital Strategic Planning
By: L. M. Applegate, R. O. Mason and D. Thorpe
- 1986
- Article
Model Management Systems: Designs for Decision Support
By: L. M. Applegate, B. Konsynski and J. Nunamaker
- January 1986
- Article
Social Influences on Creativity: The Effects of Contracted-For Reward
By: T. M. Amabile, B. A. Hennessey and B. S. Grossman
Three studies, with 195 5–11 yr olds and 60 female undergraduates, tested the hypothesis that explicitly contracting to do an activity in order to receive a reward would have negative effects on creativity, but receiving no reward or only a noncontracted-for reward... View Details