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DSS: is it just an alias for MIS?

DSS: is it just an alias for MIS? DSS: IS IT JUST A N ALIAS FOR MIS? BY Santosh S. Venkatraman i. Introduction Is DSS just an alias for MIS? This question has been the subject of debate for a long time now. Thomas Naylor [1982] found it "impossible to ascertain what is either new or unique about DSS." Robert Blanning's [1983] reply to that was a description of DSS research at that time to show that DSS was a field worthy of research and that it had a future. If DSS is not the same as MIS, then what is the relationship between MIS and DSS? Perhaps, the differences between them are significant enough to warrant a new term. Or maybe, DSS is not entirely independent, but is related to MIS in a significant way. Or it may even be the case that DSS would eventually replace MIS. The purpose of this paper is to present an objective analysis of both MIS and DSS to help answer the above questions. The answer to the above question is very important, especially if DSS and MIS are not the same. If th~'y are indeed similar systems than we can simply keep one term then toss out the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ACM SIGCPR Computer Personnel Association for Computing Machinery

DSS: is it just an alias for MIS?

Venkatraman, Santosh S.
ACM SIGCPR Computer Personnel , Volume 12 (2) – Dec 1, 1989
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Copyright © 1989 by ACM Inc.
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DSS: IS IT JUST A N ALIAS FOR MIS? BY Santosh S. Venkatraman i. Introduction Is DSS just an alias for MIS? This question has been the subject of debate for a long time now. Thomas Naylor [1982] found it "impossible to ascertain what is either new or unique about DSS." Robert Blanning's [1983] reply to that was a description of DSS research at that time to show that DSS was a field worthy of research and that it had a future. If DSS is not the same as MIS, then what is the relationship between MIS and DSS? Perhaps, the differences between them are significant enough to warrant a new term. Or maybe, DSS is not entirely independent, but is related to MIS in a significant way. Or it may even be the case that DSS would eventually replace MIS. The purpose of this paper is to present an objective analysis of both MIS and DSS to help answer the above questions. The answer to the above question is very important, especially if DSS and MIS are not the same. If th~'y are indeed similar systems than we can simply keep one term then toss out the

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ACM SIGCPR Computer Personnel – Association for Computing Machinery

Published: Dec 1, 1989

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