Group Decision Support Systems Chapter 12 Section II

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Group Decision Support SystemsChapter 12Section
II

• Presented by
• W. Machion Sanders
• Reshunda Woods

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Overview

• What is a group decision-support system (GDSS)
• Characteristics of GDSS
• GDSS software tools
• Overview of a GDSS meeting
• How GDSS can enhance group decision making

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What is A Group Decision Support System or GDSS?
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The GDSS Will Hopefully Improve

• The explosion of decision making meetings.
• The growing length of decision- making meetings.
• The increased number of attendees present at the
  meetings.

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Characteristics of GDSS

• Hardware
• Software tools
• People

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GDSS Software Tools

• Electric questionnaires
• Electronic brainstorming tools
• Idea organizers
• Questionnaire tools
• Tools for voting or setting priorities
• Stakeholder identification and analysis tools
• Policy formation tools

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What is an Electronic Meeting System (EMS) ?

• An electronic meeting system is a type of
  collaborative GDSS that uses information
  technology to make group meetings more productive
  by facilitating communication as well as decision
  making.

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Group Interaction
Brainstorming Topic Commenter
Idea Generation
Idea Organizer, Issue Writer, Group Writer
Idea Organization
Session Planning
Vote Selection, Alternative Evaluation
Questionnaire, Group Matrix
Prioritizing
Session Manager
Policy formation, Stakeholder Id.
Policy Development
Enterprise analyzer, graphical browser, group
directory, brief case, assess to information,
personal productivity
Organizational Memory
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GDSS Can Enhance Decision- Making By

• Improved preplanning
• Increased participation
• Open, collaborative meeting atmosphere
• Criticism-free idea generation
• Evaluating objectivity

• Idea organization and evaluation
• Setting priorities and making decisions
• Documentation of meetings
• Preservation of organizational memory

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Questions

• What is a group decision-support system (GDSS)
• How GDSS can enhance group decision making
• Describe the capabilities of an ESS.