Geenie wonders: “How does a DSS help in environmental research and management?
I don’t track that application area. Sorry I can’t help. There are many specialized application areas for DSS. I primarily focus on Business Management applications. Q: Anne asks: “My neighbor and long time friend has a small pastry and candy business. She has about 5 stores in the area. She wants to branch out in one big step. Go global on the Internet at first and then perhaps have more real stores as well. Her business is computerized and she has everything that she needs except a DSS. I have tried to convince her she needs a DSS in order to take a step that big to no avail. Please help! Give me something to wow her so she doesn’t fall on her face. Thanks in advance.” A: There is nothing that will WOW her. Tell her “Computerized decision support should be considered when managers are in decision situations characterized by one or more of the following factors: complexity, uncertainty, multiple groups with a stake in the decision outcome (multiple stakeholders), a large amount of inf
