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Organizational bias in the selection of MIS projects

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  • Guimaraes, Tor
  • McKeen, James D

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MIS projects are selected by different organizational units--top managements, steering committees, user departments, and MIS departments. By examining the projects reviewed by each of these units, this study found evidence to suggest the presence of 'organizational biasing'. That is, each organizational unit used certain project characteristics as cues, on the basis of which, to either accept or reject projects. Using logit analysis, the nature and extent of this biasing was determined. It was found that steering committees and user departments (which make the majority of selection decisions) showed the greatest differences regarding project selection. The managerial implications of this and other biasing phenomena are presented.

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  • Guimaraes, Tor & McKeen, James D, 1988. "Organizational bias in the selection of MIS projects," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 16(4), pages 297-307.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jomega:v:16:y:1988:i:4:p:297-307
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    1. Santhanam, Radhika & Kyparisis, George J., 1996. "A decision model for interdependent information system project selection," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 89(2), pages 380-399, March.

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