Modelling for Added Value

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Robert Macredie, Ray Paul, Dervarajan Anketell, Brian Lehaney, Shamim Warwick
Springer Science & Business Media, 1998 M07 31 - 243 pages
This book gathers together research from three key application themes of modelling in operational research - modelling to support evaluation and change in organisations; modelling within the development and use of organisational information systems; and the use of modelling approaches to support, enable and enhance decision support in organisational contexts. The issues raised provide valuable insight into the range of ways in which operational research techniques and practices are being successfully applied in today's information-centred business world. Modelling for Added Value provides a window onto current research and practise in modelling techniques and highlights their rising importance across the business, industrial and commercial sectors. The book contains contributions from a mix of academics and practitioners and covers a range of complex and diverse modelling issues, highlighting the broad appeal of this increasingly important subject area.
 

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Modelling for Change An Information Systems Perspective on Change Management Models
3
Information Systems as Powerful Forces of Change
17
How the Open University Uses Information Technology to Provide Distance Learning in a Competitive Market
27
Information Technology as a Tool For Performance Measurement and Auditing
37
Coordinating Change Through Effective Communication at Englands Newest University
41
The Simulation of Taiwans Power Generation System
49
Performance Measurement Goal Setting and Feedback in Engineering Design
58
Using Information Technology to Manage the Change Process in Organisations
73
The Retail Industry and Information Technology
139
Information Systems at the Superstore Interface
155
Modelling for Decision Support in Simulation
161
The Strategic Role of Expert Systems in UK Organisations
171
Workflow Benchmarking for Improved Productivity in a Large Store Group
177
Adding Value Through Simulation by Focusing on Process
184
The Centre for Applied Simulation Modelling
192
Combining Modelling Approaches in Library Systems Analysis
206

Issues in Information Systems Development Models
81
The Metaphysical Foundations of Soft and Hard Information Systems Methodologies
86
Information Systems Intervention A Total Systems View
103
Why Mixed Methods are Necessary to Derive Enterprisewide Solutions
116
Tailorable Information Systems Add Value to Organisations in Changing Environments
128
The Usability of User Interfaces to Simulation Systems
215
Subject Index
239
Author Index
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Business: The Key Concepts
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