INFS6010-B Decision Support Sys Anly/Dsgn (Spring 2015)
Course Details
Session, Dates: 3 (01/12/2015 - 03/06/2015)
Days: APPT
Time: -
Location: Moon Campus
Room:
Seats Available: APPT
Credits: 3
Course Description
This course presents the concept of decision making within the framework of a contextualized
(organizational or corporate) management information system that utilizes databases and/or
spreadsheets as tools in the decision-making process. The course distinguishes between two logical components of a management information system: the structured decision system which
lends itself to providing actual computer-generated decisions, and decision support systems, in which computer-based systems aid decision makers in confronting problems through direct
interaction with data and analytic models. Some of the topics covered include the definition and components of decision support systems, decision-making and problem-solving situations,
decision and problem types, the relationship of managing and decision making, problem-solving models and decision-making procedures, information requirements analysis and modeling, group
decision-making processes and models, organizational issues of decision making, political and ethical issues of decision making, information modeling, information design issues, cultural
dimensions of decision making, decision-making styles, cognitive and emotional styles influencing decision making, and decision-making techniques and model construction such as goal seeking, "What If" scenarios, sensitivity analysis, time series models, and graphic displays.
Course Materials
About the Instructor(s)
Sushma Mishra, Ph.D.
mishra@rmu.edu
412-397-5442 phone
412-397-6469 fax
Wheatley Center 308
Profile
Interim Assistant Dean, SIHSS
School of Informatics, Humanities and Social Sciences
Professor of Computer and Information Systems
Computer and Information Systems
mishra@rmu.edu
412-397-5442 phone
412-397-6469 fax
Wheatley Center 308
Profile