Decision support systems approach to MBA curriculum design: forecasting MBA 2000

Author

Marsden, James R. ; Pingry, David E.

Author_Institution

Kentucky Univ., Lexington, KY, USA

Volume

iii

fYear

1990

fDate

2-5 Jan 1990

Firstpage

641

Abstract

Decision support systems (DSS) have been promoted as useful aides for managerial decision makers in unstructured problem environments. It is also generally accepted, both by academics and the business community, that acquiring an MBA is a worthwhile aid for managerial decision-makers. In this context, the MBA curriculum can be viewed as the `programming´ of a manual MBA-DSS which is designed to give individuals the tools to deal with a future stream of unstructured problems. In the present work, the view of the MBA as a manual DSS is used to develop a DSS-based model of optimal MBA curriculum design and to utilize that model to interpret the evolution of the various business curricular in response to the continuing evolution of computer/communications technology

Keywords

decision support systems; educational courses; MBA curriculum design; academics; business community; computer/communications technology; decision support systems; forecasting MBA 2000; managerial decision makers; unstructured problem environments; Business communication; Costs; Decision making; Decision support systems; Disaster management; Economic forecasting; Environmental management; Management training; Manuals; Programming profession;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 1990., Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kailua-Kona, HI

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1990.205402

Filename

205402