Title

Strategic information and strategic decision making: the EIS/CEO interface in smaller manufacturing companies

Authors

Authors

B. A. Walters; J. J. Jiang;G. Klein

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Inf. Manage.

Keywords

executive information systems; environmental scanning; SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENT; MANAGEMENT; EXECUTIVES; UNCERTAINTY; EIS; Computer Science, Information Systems; Information Science & Library; Science; Management

Abstract

Executive information systems (EIS) often focus on providing external data to top management for environmental scanning. However, for many executives, the need for internal information may be just as strong, in order to provide an accurate appraisal of the firm's ability to capitalize on opportunities. Yet much of the environmental scanning research to date focuses on the external environment. To place a framework on this issue, categories for both internal and external data are derived from the management literature. A survey of CEOs for small manufacturing firms indicates that internal information is just as important in analysis of new situations as is the external information. Additionally, the CEOs place no particular order on access to the information. EIS should be designed to allow for access to all categories of information in an order selected by the executive and provide important internal information for making strategic decisions. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Information & Management

Volume

40

Issue/Number

6

Publication Date

1-1-2003

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

487

Last Page

495

WOS Identifier

WOS:000183163300001

ISSN

0378-7206

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