Management and Office Information Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Organization Structures and Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Process of Designing Organization Structures and their Information Substructures

      • Helmy H. Baligh, Richard M. Burton

      Pages 3-25

   3. Organizational Structures as the Primal Information System

      • Kenneth D. Mackenzie

      Pages 27-46

   4. Analysis of Formal and Informal Information Needs in Decision Support Systems Design

      • Juzar Motiwalla, Leong Siew Meng

      Pages 47-56

   5. Informational Needs of Organizations Under Crisis

      • Augusto A. Legasto Jr, Amador Muriel

      Pages 57-67

3. Decision Support Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. Languages for Decision Support Systems

      • Edward A. Stohr, Norman H. White

      Pages 71-89

   3. A Formal Approach to Decision Support

      • Shuhshen Pan, Roger A. Pick, Andrew B. Whinston

      Pages 91-118

   4. Decision Support in Enterprise Analysis

      • Benn R. Konsynski, Jay F. Nunamaker

      Pages 119-132

   5. Planning and Control Systems for R&D Organizations

      • Bala V. Balachandran, Richard W. Srch

      Pages 133-153

   6. Decision Support Systems Information Needs Analysis through a Management Process Framework

      • Bayard E. Wynne

      Pages 155-170

   7. The Organizational Dimensions of Management Information Systems Implementation

      • Juzar Motiwalla

      Pages 171-179

4. Database Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181

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   2. Database Design for Decision Support Systems

      • Daniel T. Lee

      Pages 183-204

   3. Toward an Enterprise Information System Design Methodology

      • C. R. Carlson, Adarsh K. Arora

      Pages 205-215

   4. Language Design for Relational Model Management

      • Robert W. Blanning

      Pages 217-235

   5. Functional Augmentation of Relational Operations in ARES

      • Masahito Hirakawa, Tatsuo Shimizu, Tadao Ichikawa

      Pages 237-251

   6. Similarity Retrieval for Pictorial Databases

      • Edward T. Lee

      Pages 253-287

5. Office Information Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 289-289

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Decision making is a very complex phenomenon. Modern decision makers must deal with very complex problems which are constantly changing and often ill­ structured, making modeling and analysis difficult. In order to provide support for the decision makers, computer-based information systems are designed to collect, store, process, and transport information. Recent advances in computer technol­ ogy, data communications, database systems, office automation, and knowledge engineering have made possible the design of very sophisticated information sys­ tems. However, rapid technological advances also create many problems, not the least of which is the lack of integration among the various disciplines in infor­ mation system design. Without such integration, a costly computer-based infor­ mation system is at best partially useful and at worst totally useless. The aim of this book, therefore, is to examine the various issues involved in designing man­ agement information systems, decision support systems, and office information systems for increasing productivity and providing decision support. This book is the outcome of the Workshop on Management and Office Infor­ mation Systems, which was organized by the Knowledge Systems Institute and held at Chicago, Illinois, from June 28 to 30, 1982. Twenty-seven papers from the working papers presented at that workshop were selected for inclusion in the present volume, which is organized into five parts: (I) organization structures and management, (II) decision support systems, (III) database systems, (IV) office information systems, and (V) systems and applications.

• calculus
• computer
• control
• database
• database design
• information system
• management
• modeling
• organization

• Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA

  Shi-Kou Chang

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