Organizational decisions

1. Why is it difficult to make organizational decisions?

2. Describe the major steps in the decision-making process.

3. Describe the major external environments that can impact decision making.

4. What are some of the key system-oriented trends that have fostered IS-supported decision making to a new level?

5. List some capabilities of information technologies that can facilitate managerial decision making.

Go online to read about Mercedes-Benz’s automatic stopping technology. If a driver mistakenly attempts to go through a red light, the car would stop itself. For this system to work properly, every stoplight in the country would need to be upgraded.

How long do you predict it will be before drivers will indeed be able to read the papers and shave while they drive to work?

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