User Managers' Systems Needs.

Author List: Alloway, Robert M.; Quillard, Judith A.;
MIS Quarterly, 1983, Volume 7, Issue 2, Page 27-41.
Based on responses from over five hundred user managers, this article investigates managers' demand for new application systems. To begin, the current situation is assessed from two aspects. First, how many systems by type do user managers now have and how appropriate are the systems. Second, for important managerial tasks, what support (by systems type) do users have and how appropriate are those systems. Then the two components of user managers' demand for new systems, the number of systems and the types of systems, are examined. The results reveal an overwhelming level of managerial demand for new systems and major shifts in demand mix by systems type. The implications of this current and future demand for IS management are presented.
Keywords: backlog; MIS management; new systems development; users' needs
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#240 0.258 systems information management development presented function article discussed model personnel general organization described presents finally computer-based role examined functional components
#88 0.215 managers managerial manager decisions study middle use important manager's appropriate importance context organizations indicate field experience management major organizational results
#284 0.151 users user new resistance likely benefits potential perspective status actual behavior recognition propose user's social associated existing base using acceptance
#260 0.134 policy movie demand features region effort second threshold release paid number regions analyze period respect availability released lower effect results
#63 0.107 mis problems article systems management edp managers organizations ;br> data survey application examines need experiences recent organization reports departments oriented
#295 0.089 task fit tasks performance cognitive theory using support type comprehension tools tool effects effect matching types theories modification working time