DECISION FOLLOW-UP SUPPORT MECHANISM BASED ON ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION

Carla Valle, Wolfgang Prinz

2004

Abstract

Decision management and decision support systems are themes under investigation for several decades, and both research areas provided contributions for the quality of decision making processes. However, little work has been done in the aerea of decision follow-up, especially regarding decisions made during meetings. In this paper we analyse the concepts related to this problem and we propose a solution based on mechanisms supported by computer to assist the formalization of meeting outcomes, and to provide decision follow-up.

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Valle C. and Prinz W. (2004). DECISION FOLLOW-UP SUPPORT MECHANISM BASED ON ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION . In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS, ISBN 972-8865-00-7, pages 423-429. DOI: 10.5220/0002654504230429


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@conference{iceis04,
author={Carla Valle and Wolfgang Prinz},
title={DECISION FOLLOW-UP SUPPORT MECHANISM BASED ON ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,},
year={2004},
pages={423-429},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002654504230429},
isbn={972-8865-00-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,
TI - DECISION FOLLOW-UP SUPPORT MECHANISM BASED ON ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION
SN - 972-8865-00-7
AU - Valle C.
AU - Prinz W.
PY - 2004
SP - 423
EP - 429
DO - 10.5220/0002654504230429