Journal of Systems Management articles from January 1991

Journal of Systems Management archives from January 1991

Implementing an EIS in a large insurance corporation. (executive information system)
January 1, 1991... Executive Summary How are executive information systems born? Do they all succeed? What factors contribute to their success and failure? What implementation methodologies are best? This article describes the birthing and nurturing...

Enhancing sales force productivity with a relational DBMS. (data base management system)
January 1, 1991... Executive Summary Information technology provides the potential for reducing the high costs of an industrial sales call and enhancing the overall productivity of the sales force. While traditional sales support systems have been around for...

Lessons I learned developing interactive videodisc instruction.
January 1, 1991... For anyone who may be considering creating a customized interactive videodisc instruction system, I offer some advice that might help you minimize frustration and expense. I was recently involved in an interactive videodisc project in...

Designing an information system for a health care organization. (includes a related article on systems analysis and design) (tutorial)
January 1, 1991... Executive Summary An unprecedented demand for information about their operation, as well as rapidly decreasing technology costs, are driving health care organizations to narrow the gap between hospitals and industry in adopting new...

Application assessment: a method for guiding distributed processing architectures.
January 1, 1991... Executive Summary Distributed processing is not a new concept, and neither are distributed systems. Early on, business functions that may have been performed manually were computerized and installed at departmental or corporate processing...

A case study in selecting an expert system shell. (Software Review) (evaluation)
January 1, 1991... Executive Summary Knowledge-based system have been used in a variety of situations to improve the speed and accuracy with which certain functions are performed. A critical step in developing many knowledge-based systems is the selection of...