Building Executive Information Systems and Other Decision Support Applications

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This new book combines research findings and the practical experiences of the authors to present a comprehensive look at Executive Information Systems (EIS) and other decision support applications! From how EIS differs from other applications to what the future holds, this indispensable text covers everything readers need to know to understand and develop executive information systems. Coverage also includes Decision Support Systems, Artificial Intelligence (such as Expert Systems) and Groupware (such as Group Support Systems and Lotus Notes) to give readers a wide array of tools to support executive decision making.

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Contents

An Introduction to EIS
1
An EIS Development Framework
19
Understanding Executives Their Work and Information Needs
39
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About the author (1997)

Hugh J. Watson was educated at Purdue University and Florida State University. Watson is the C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry Chair of Business Administration at the University of Georgia, the editor of the Journal of Data Warehousing, and a counseling editor for John Wiley & Sons' Computing and Information Processing series. He is considered a leading authority on executive information systems. Watson has produced over 120 pieces of writing including the books Building Executive Information Systems and Other Decision Support Applications and Decision Support in the Data Warehouse. He has also received the Society for Information Management Outstanding Award two times.

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