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Adoption and Adaptation in the Use of Transaction Processing Systems: The Case of OCLC Software.
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Cole, Elliot; McCain, Katherine W. – Information Processing and Management, 1985
Library usage study of OCLC network-provided software and services indicates most users make local modifications to standard practices. Findings are discussed in terms of network models for decision making in software use; methodology of software user studies; and diffusion of innovation processes in postimplementation stages of transaction…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Decision Making, Diffusion (Communication), Innovation
End-User Information-Seeking in the Energy Field: Implications for End-User Access to DOE/RECON Databases.
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Case, Donald; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1986
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) software research and development project described explores information seeking behavior of end-user energy experts and develops software offering tutorials on front-end use of DOE/RECON databases and active help in performing online searches. Software development is described and results of prototype testing…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Energy, Information Needs
How Senior Managers Acquire and Use Information in Environmental Scanning.
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Auster, Ethel; Choo, Chun Wei – Information Processing and Management, 1994
Reports on a study of how 13 chief executives in the Canadian publishing and telecommunications industries scan their environments for information and use it in decision making. Critical incidents of information use were analyzed according to their environmental sectors, information sources, and their use in decision making. (Contains 27…
Descriptors: Administrators, Competition, Decision Making, Environmental Scanning