TY - BOOK AU - Heijden,Hans van der TI - Designing management information systems SN - 9780199546329 U1 - 658.4038011 PY - 2009/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Decision support systems KW - Information resources management KW - Management information systems N1 - The book considers how systems can be designed to combat 'information overload' experienced by managers, using such techniques as data aggregation and data visualization. Chapters provide an in-depth and practical consideration of these topics, focusing on the use of information systems for managerial decision making. Designing Management Information Systems covers the topics of key performance indicator monitoring, and of short listing and selecting alternatives from a range of options. These are managerial decisions for which MIS are particularly useful, and which managers face on a daily basis. This is the first book offering practical guidance on how systems should be designed to support these decisions ER -