Corporate culture, related chief executive officer traits, and the development of executive information systems

Executive information systems (EIS) are becoming more and more important to executive decision makers in today's organizations. EIS have gained more popularity in the past few years in the scholarly and practitioner press. However, the researchers and writers have failed to recognize that an EIS is a highly personalized system. In view of this fact, the cognitive traits of the top manager, along with the related culture of the organization, should be taken into consideration in developing these systems. This paper suggests some guidelines for developing EIS in two opposing organizational cultures: a hierarchical culture and an adhocracy culture.

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