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The Decision Value of Management Support Systems for Strategic Hospital Management
Author(s) -
Forgionne G.A.,
Kohli R.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
international transactions in operational research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.032
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1475-3995
pISSN - 0969-6016
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-3995.1995.tb00028.x
Subject(s) - empirical research , process management , decision support system , management science , empirical evidence , operations management , process (computing) , computer science , knowledge management , business , operations research , economics , engineering , mathematics , philosophy , statistics , epistemology , operating system , artificial intelligence
Several studies have shown that selected management support systems (MSS) favorably impact decision making. Others have theorized that additional benefits could be achieved by consolidating the separate system functions to form an integrated management support system. There have been few, if any, reported empirical tests of this theory. This article offers empirical evidence on integrated MSS effectiveness. It points to the general literature on MSS effects, notes an empirical gap in this literature, and reports the results of experiments that assess the influences of a specific integrated MSS on the process and outcomes of strategic hospital decision making.