Decision Support Systems and Business Strategy: A Conceptual Framework for Strategic Information Systems Planning

Nowadays, businesses have to be competitive and to make effective decisions in order to achieve their goals. Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) and Decision Support System (DSS) contribute to this effort. This paper aims to propose the steps of a framework which combines both the SISP concept and DSS, based on previous models. These models present the steps of a DSS. This proposed framework is developed in order to acquire and store significant information for its strategic decisions and implement them more effectively. The paper contributes to the DSS literature in the two ways. Firstly, it suggests a framework which is believed to maintain the empirical research of SISP in DSS field. Secondly, it outstretches the scope of SISP on DSS research area, beginning with the need for more research to be implemented regarding the DSS in SISP through strategic management. By presenting this framework, a number of implications and proposals for further investigation are accrued.

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