Using EIS to respond to dynamic business conditions

Executive Information and Dashboards

“…System usage is likely to grow over time, sometimes exponentially, and the system needs to be designed to provide similarly fast response time with the greater usage. Watson (1995) cites an unnamed developer as defining "maximum acceptable time to move from screen to screen as 'the time it takes the executive to turn a page of The Wall Street Journal?" However, he noted that executives are more tolerant of response time for ad hoc queries than simple scanning of prefabricated, standard analyses.…”

Framework for the analysis of executive information systems based on the perceived usefulness and the perceived ease of use

“…Most EIS use also a Web browser for the user interface, which provides easy access to data and even -some of them -data mining capabilities (Singh et al, 2002). There is also a change in EIS users, EIS used to be reserved to executives but nowadays the use of EIS is moving down the organizational structure (Nord & Nord, 1995;Stein, 1995;Volonino et al, 1995) In general, the terms Executive Information Systems (EIS) and Executive Support Systems (ESS) have been used interchangeably by the literature. However, an ESS is usually considered to be a system with more capabilities than an EIS (Rockart & DeLong, 1988;.…”

“…information to make decisions and to plan strategy (Belcher & Watson, 1993;Houdeshel & Watson, 1987;Rockart & DeLong, 1988;Volonino et al, 1995). Later, Rockart (1979) Scorecard (Kaplan & Norton, 1992).…”

“…Other lines of research are related with the information that EIS content (Volonino et al, 1995), how to select the information for an EIS (Volonino & Watson, 1990), about the users (Stein 1995;Walstrom & Wilson 1997a, 1997b, the use in concrete markets or in emerging economies (Arnottet al, 2007;Salmeron, 2002a), technologies related with EIS (Cheung & Babin, 2006a, 2006bChi & Turban, 1995;Frolick & Ramarapu, 1993;Gopal & Tung, 1999). ©© Intangible Capital, 2009-5(4):370-386 -ISSN: 1697-9818 doi: 10.3926/ic.2009 Framework for the analysis of executive information systems based on… 375…”

“…In this sense, a great amount of management references point out the central role of information to make decisions and to plan strategy, and outline the informational and decisional aspects of management (Belcher & Watson, 1993;Houdeshel & Watson, 1987;Rockart & DeLong, 1988;Volonino, Watson, & Robinson, 1995).…”