The Nature of Organizational Decision Support Systems

Joey F. George
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Joey F. George: Florida State University

Chapter 21 in Handbook on Decision Support Systems 1, 2008, pp 415-432 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Organizational decision support systems (ODSS) have been defined as computer-based systems that focus on organizational tasks affecting several organizational units, functions, and/or hierarchical layers. The nature of these systems is explored here through reviewing definitions and information technology requirements of ODSS as well as descriptions of actual systems that have been developed and implemented. The chapter also summarizes the findings from studies of ODSS impacts and of their links to enterprise systems. The possibility of scaling up from individual to organizational decision support systems (DSS) is then examined. The conclusion is that organizational DSS are similar in many ways to individual DSS but differ in that they are designed with extended reach and purpose.

Keywords: Decision Support; Decision Support System; Management Information System; Organizational Decision; Enterprise Resource Planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-48713-5_21

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