Using DSS for Crisis Management

Using DSS for Crisis Management

Sherif Kamel
Copyright: © 2001 |Pages: 13
ISBN13: 9781878289612|ISBN10: 1878289616|EISBN13: 9781930708938
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-87828-961-2.ch020
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Kamel, Sherif. "Using DSS for Crisis Management." Pitfalls and Triumphs of Information Technology Management, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., IGI Global, 2001, pp. 292-304. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-87828-961-2.ch020

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Kamel, S. (2001). Using DSS for Crisis Management. In M. Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Ed.), Pitfalls and Triumphs of Information Technology Management (pp. 292-304). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-87828-961-2.ch020

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Kamel, Sherif. "Using DSS for Crisis Management." In Pitfalls and Triumphs of Information Technology Management, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., 292-304. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2001. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-87828-961-2.ch020

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Abstract

This case focuses on the use of crisis management support systems in Egypt in leveraging the decision-making process in the government and the public sector for socioeconomic development. It describes the experience of the Egyptian public sector in socioeconomic decision-making and the related emergence of an information-based support organization for the government “Information and Decision Support Center”. The case reflects on the type of decision-making and the crisis management mode of operation at the top policy level and the needs and requirements in terms of resources and infrastructure to support the decision-making process. The case addresses the basics and concepts of crisis management support systems in the context of a developing country, Egypt, stemming from the experience of the Information and Decision Support Center from 1985 to date, the growing implications of the information and communication technology evolution and the lessons learned in responding to crisis management situations in supporting decision and strategic issues at the government and the public sector. The essence of the case is to address the use of advanced information systems in responding to socioeconomic development needs. The case demonstrates the use of management and decision support systems in a crisis mode that has had a number of successes over the last decade that implied concrete results within the developmental process that Egypt, a developing country, is realizing.

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