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An Examination Of The Deaf Effect Response To Bad News Reporting In Information Systems Projects, Michael John Cuellar
An Examination Of The Deaf Effect Response To Bad News Reporting In Information Systems Projects, Michael John Cuellar
Computer Information Systems Dissertations
Information systems project management has historically been a problematic area. One of the reasons for this has been the issue of escalation where resources continue to be committed to a failing course of action. While many causes of escalation have been proposed, this dissertation investigates one possible cause: that the project manager may not hear, ignores or overrules a report of bad news to continue a failing course of action: the Deaf Effect response to bad news reporting. This effect has not been previously studied within the information systems literature. In this dissertation, the Deaf Effect is examined through a …