Borgs in the Org? Organizational Decision Making and Technology

Terri L. Griffith; Gregory B Northcraft; Mark A. Fuller

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199290468.003.0005

Borgs in the Org? Organizational Decision Making and Technology

Terri L. Griffith, Gregory B Northcraft, Mark A. Fuller

Business Administration

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Abstract

Data warehousing and the development of the World Wide Web both augment information gathering (search) processes in individual decision making by increasing the availability of required information. Imagine, for example, that one wanted to buy new golf clubs. Thirty years ago, the cost of information gathering would likely have limited an individual's search process to geographically proximal vendors and the golf clubs they stocked. Today, a prospective purchaser can log onto the World Wide Web to find out what types of golf clubs are available anywhere; consult databases, chat rooms, and bulletin boards (e.g., epinions.com) to gather product information and user opinions; and compare prices across vendors around the world.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Decision Making
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191577338
ISBN (Print)	9780199290468
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199290468.003.0005
State	Published - Sep 2 2009

Keywords

Chat rooms
Consult databases
Individual decision making
Information availability
Information gathering
World wide web

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Business, Management and Accounting(all)

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