Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
Reference Hub55
Business Intelligence and Organizational Decisions

Business Intelligence and Organizational Decisions

Thomas H. Davenport
Copyright: © 2010 |Volume: 1 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 12
ISSN: 1947-3591|EISSN: 1947-3605|ISSN: 1947-3591|EISBN13: 9781616929695|EISSN: 1947-3605|DOI: 10.4018/jbir.2010071701
Cite Article Cite Article

MLA

Davenport, Thomas H. "Business Intelligence and Organizational Decisions." IJBIR vol.1, no.1 2010: pp.1-12. http://doi.org/10.4018/jbir.2010071701

APA

Davenport, T. H. (2010). Business Intelligence and Organizational Decisions. International Journal of Business Intelligence Research (IJBIR), 1(1), 1-12. http://doi.org/10.4018/jbir.2010071701

Chicago

Davenport, Thomas H. "Business Intelligence and Organizational Decisions," International Journal of Business Intelligence Research (IJBIR) 1, no.1: 1-12. http://doi.org/10.4018/jbir.2010071701

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite Full-Issue Download

Abstract

The focus on transactional systems in the earlier decades of information management is beginning to shift toward decisions. In order to study the relationship between information and decisions, the author interviewed 32 managers in 27 organizations where an attempt to use information to support decision-making had been made. A framework involving three different relationships between information and decisions is introduced: loosely-coupled, structured human, and automated. It is suggested that loosely-coupled information and decision environments, while productive for information providers, may require too much knowledge on the part of information users to be effective. A four-step process for bringing information and decisions in closer alignment is also advanced.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.