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Business Intelligence and Organizational Decisions

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  • Thomas H. Davenport

    (Babson College, USA)

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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.

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  • Thomas H. Davenport, 2010. "Business Intelligence and Organizational Decisions," International Journal of Business Intelligence Research (IJBIR), IGI Global, vol. 1(1), pages 1-12, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:igg:jbir00:v:1:y:2010:i:1:p:1-12
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    1. Järvenpää, Marko & Hoque, Zahirul & Mättö, Toni & Rautiainen, Antti, 2023. "Controllers’ role in managerial sensemaking and information trust building in a business intelligence environment," International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Elsevier, vol. 50(C).

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