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Decision-Making Methods in MIS Outsourcing: Case Studies of Successes and Failures

Decision-Making Methods in MIS Outsourcing: Case Studies of Successes and Failures
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Author(s): Jeanette Nasem Morgan (Duquesne University, USA)
Copyright: 2007
Pages: 19
Source title: Outsourcing Management Information Systems
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Ashlyn Schniederjans (Johns Hopkins University, USA), Dara Schniederjans (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, USA)and Marc Schniederjans (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-195-7.ch007

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Abstract

This chapter commences with a discussion of corporate and government decision-making processes and the management sciences that support development of decisions. Special decision-making considerations, trade-offs analyses, and cost-benefit studies all figure into decisions that result in outsourcing. Technologies that support different methods of decision-making include data warehouses and data mining, rules-based logic, heuristical processes, fuzzy logic, and expert-based reasoning are presented. The chapter presents case studies and current and evolving technologies. The following sections will address the decision-making methods that are used in considering, executing and monitoring outsourced MIS projects or in service lines related to provision of information services in the organization.

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