Managerial intuition and the development of executive support systems

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-103

  Kuo, Feng Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Action; Decision support systems; Distributed cognition; Ecological psychology; Executive support systems; Managerial intuition; Mental model; Perception; Situated cognition; Socially constructed knowledge

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EXECUTIVE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (ESS);

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032316610     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9236(98)00056-6     Document Type: Article

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