Excerpt from Decision Support Systems, And, Managerial Productivity Analysis: October 1980 This paper describes one successful approach to using computer technology to improve managerial productivity. Decision Support Systems (dss) are small-scale, interactive systems designed to provide managers With flexible, responsive tools that act in effect as a staff assistant, to whom they can delegate more routine parts of their job. Dss support, rather than replace, managers' judgment. They do not impose solutions and methods but provide access to information, models and reports and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.