Bianca T. Gilyot Southern University at New Orleans

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Bianca T. Gilyot Southern University at New
Orleans
Decision Support System A Study of Telework
Initiatives
Wendy Zhang Southern University at New Orleans
Ghasem S. Alijani Southern University at New
Orleans
Dayanand Thangada Southern University at New
Orleans

• Computer Information Systems
• Southern University at New Orleans
• New Orleans, LA 70126, USA

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Objective

• Examine the degree of nation-wide as well as
  statewide telecommuting by
• analyzing each states telework initiative
• Use Decision Support System (DDS) to enhance the
  existing research on the factors of
  telecommuting.

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Objective

• Be of interest to those who are willing to
  increase their level of understanding of
  telecommutings scope and efficiency.

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Factors to Assess Telework Initiatives

• Examines the telework initiatives of each
  state based on
• Economy
• Commuting challenges
• Distance learning

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Variables Identified
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U.S. Regional Divisions
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Data Sources

• U.S. Census Bureau 2000
• Bureau of Labor Statistics 2000
• Yahoo 2003

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Research Issues Examined

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• 1. States with strong economies, high
  commuting issues, and a progressive
  distance-learning program are predicted to have
  a progressive distance-learning program.
• 2.  States with weak economies are predicted
  not to have a progressive telework initiative.
• 3.  States with progressive distance learning
  programs are predicted not to have a
  regressive telework initiative.
• 4.  States with high commuting issues are
  predicted not to have a regressive telework
  initiative.
• 5.  States with strong economies are predicted
  not to have a regressive telework initiative.

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Research Issues

• The data warehouse was created in order to
  produce information in the form of reports,
  charts and tables that were used for examining
  the issues.

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Methodology- Raw Data Entries
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Methodology Data Analysis
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Methodology Star Schema Model
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Cross-reference analysis diagram
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Point Total by Item
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Pivot Chart
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Summary of Findings

• 1.      States with strong economies, high
  commuting issues, and a progressive
  distance-learning program were found to have a
  progressive telework initiative.
• 2.      States with weak economies were found not
  to have a progressive telework initiative.
• 3.      States with progressive distance learning
  programs were found not to have a regressive
  telework initiative.
• 4.      States with high commuting issues were
  found not to have a regressive telework
  initiative.
• States with strong economies were found
  not to have a regressive telework initiative.

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Findings Commuting Challenge
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Findings Sum of State Points
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Conclusion

• The more progressive a state tends to be, the
  more pronounced level of telework initiative the
  state will have.
• The southern and the western regions of the
  United States received the highest points, while
  the northeastern region received the lowest
  points, which means that the southern and western
  regions are more progressive in terms of its
  telework initiatives.

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Directions for Future Research

• Create a web-enabled telework GISDSS
  (Geographic Information System Decision Support
  System) to contribute to on-going research in the
  area of information systems
• Expand the Decision Support System by
  including multiple years of data in order to
  construct a time-series analysis