Encyclopedia of Decision Making and Decision Support Technologies

Product Description

As effective organizational decision making is a major factor in a companys success, a coherent, comprehensive account of current available research on the core concepts of the decision support agenda, is in high demand by academicians and professionals alike.
The Encyclopedia of Decision Making and Decision Support Technologies presents a critical mass of research on the most up-to-date research on human and computer support of managerial decision making, including discussion on support of operational, tactical, and strategic decisions, human vs. computer system support structure, individual and group decision making, and multi-criteria decision making.

Review

"Overall, Adam and Humphreys have successfully brought together a wide range of topics into a simple collection of well-written essays. Academic in nature, this encyclopedia will be useful to those who make decision support systems, as well as those who work n the development of decision support technologies." --American Reference Annual, Vol. 40 (2009)

About the Author

Frédéric Adam is a senior lecturer in the Business Information Systems Group at University College Cork in Ireland and Visiting Research Fellow in the Institute of Social Psychology at the London School of Economics (London, UK). He holds PhDs from the National University of Ireland and Université Paris VI (France). His research has been published in international journals including the Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, and the Journal of Information Technology. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Decision Systems and the co-author of The Enterprise Resource Planning Decade: Lessons learnt and Issues for the future (Idea Group Inc. Hershey, PA; 2004). He is also Vice- Chair of the Working Group 8.3 on DSSs of the International Federation for Information processing (IFIP) since 2004.
Patrick Humphreys is head of the Institute of Social Psychology at the London school of Economics and Political Science and Co-Director London Multimedia Lab for Audiovisual Composition and Communication where he directs the project Creative Partnerships: Pathways to Value for the Arts Council England. He also leads the LSE team on the EU framework 6 Project Incas: Intellectual Capital Statement for Europe . He has both research and practical expertise in innovative and creative decision-making, decision support systems, and enhancement of resources for health, culture, development, and networking. He has been involved in initiatives involving organizational transformation and sector development in many countries. He has been involved in initiatives involving organizational transformation and sector development in many countries. He is chair of IFIP WG8.3. In 2006 he was programme chair for the IFIP WG8.3 conference on Creativity and Innovation in Decision Making and Decision Support and was a sponsor of the workshop Live dialogues between different individuals and alternative urban models in the Pearl River Delta coordinated in China by Vitamin Creative Space.