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1990

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Measuring The Effectiveness Of Hypertext In Decision Support, Robert P. Minch, Gary I. Green Jan 1990

Measuring The Effectiveness Of Hypertext In Decision Support, Robert P. Minch, Gary I. Green

IT and Supply Chain Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Hypertext is an emerging technology that has not been researched adequately, particularly in organizations that utilize decision support technologies. This paper suggests that developing a set of dependent variables to measure effectiveness of hypertext in decision support is an important first step in a program of research. A review of empirical hypertext research is presented followed by a discussion of research assessing effectiveness of decision support and related systems. The role of hypertext in organizations is conceptually linked to the three main phases of the decision making process: problem structuring, analysis, and problem resolution. A set of six classes of …


Cooperative Processing: An Agenda For Research, Wita Wojtkowski, Waclaw G. Wojtkowski Jan 1990

Cooperative Processing: An Agenda For Research, Wita Wojtkowski, Waclaw G. Wojtkowski

IT and Supply Chain Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential research agenda for Cooperative Processing (COP). COP is a method of processing in which communications is an integral part of the process of executing an application. Numerous innovative products that support COP are starting to appear on the market. However, as is usually the case with any new technology, many organizations have not yet implemented COP. They have embraced a "wait and see" attitude. Such a stance can be attributed to the newness of the applications operating in COP mode and to the lack of data demonstrating COP'S uses and …


Hypermedia Knowledge Management For Intelligent Organizations, Robert P. Minch Jan 1990

Hypermedia Knowledge Management For Intelligent Organizations, Robert P. Minch

IT and Supply Chain Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Using a simple model consisting of individual knowledge bases, organization knowledge bases, organization actions, and environment responses, hypermedia is investigated as a technology for knowledge management in intelligent organizations. Cognitive mapping, issue-based information systems, and generalized hypertext methods are reviewed before proposing desirable features of hypermedia organization knowledge management. These desirable features include a variety of typed hypertext nodes and links, process memory, learning support, and both automated and user-directed manipulation of knowledge bases. Interactions of the knowledge bases with organization actions and environmental responses are also discussed.