Decision Support News
D. J. Power, Editor
February 3, 2013 Vol. 14, No. 03
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1) Should managers build decision support applications?
2) Interview: D. Schrader
3) New book by Dan Power
4) Recent DSS News Headlines
5) Upcoming Decision Support Conferences/Call for Papers
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Should managers build decision support applications?
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by Daniel Power
Editor, DSSResources.com
Managers get paid to manage, but in some situations managers
can build computerized decision support capabilities for
personal use or as prototypes. Some managers can build limited
scope decision aiding capabilities. The issue facing technologists
and senior managers is both one of skills/technical competence
and value added by manager-developers -- can and should people
hired to make decisions build computerized decision support
applications. If so, in what situations?
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2) Interview: D. Schrader
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Dan Power interviewed Dave Schrader, a Marketing Director at Teradata on "Leading edge decision support applications". Check online.
Dan Power's new book "Decision Support, Analytics, and Business Intelligence, Second Edition" should be in stock Feb. 15, 2013. This revised and expanded edition is targeted to busy managers and MBA students who need to grasp the basics of computerized decision support. Overall the book addresses 61 fundamental questions relevant to understanding computerized decision support.
Order online.
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4) Recent DSS News Headlines
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1/30/2013 IBM's Watson to join research team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Check release.
1/30/2013 Colabus now available for BlackBerry 10. Check release.
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5) Upcoming Decision Support Conferences/Call for Papers/Books
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1. Call for IS/T book proposals.
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2. Call for papers: AMCIS BI&KM (SIGDSS), Chicago
August 15-17, 2013.
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Order Dan Power's new Decision Support book
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