Computers as a Public Management Decision Tool
An Experimental Analysis of the Effects of Cost and Access on Information Choice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11277852 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barry Bozeman (0000-0002-8084-3379, Syracuse University, corresponding author), Ralph F Shangraw (Syracuse University) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 111-139 |
| Publication date | 1988-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Knowledge (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0164-0259 • E-ISSN: 2673-9585 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0164025988010002002 |
| OpenAlex | W2060726092 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 31 |
A laboratory experiment was conducted to evaluate the influence of computer cost and access on the selection of information for a public management decision. Subjects were asked to make a decision regarding the adoption of a flextime innovation for a social services agency. Ten different sets of information (half on a computer, half in conventional hardcopy form) were available to the subjects. In addition to a control group, subjects were divided into three treatment groups where cost of the information sets and difficulty of access to the computer-based media were manipulated. The researchers found that increased cost substantially diminished the choice of computer-based information but increased difficulty of access had only a modest effect. Increased cost also led to the selection of a more diverse set of information. Access difficulty resulted in decreased confidence in the decision
Agency (philosophy · Control (management · Information access · Knowledge management · Public access · Selection (genetic algorithm · Set (abstract data type · World Wide Web · Computer Science · E-Government and Public Services · Artificial Intelligence
Public management
A New Product Growth for Model Consumer Durables
Coping with Complexity
Administration and Society
Scientific and Technical Information in Public Management
Computerized Data-Based Systems and Productivity among Professional Workers
Flex-Time
A Realistic Look at the Final Payoffs from Urban Data Systems
Goals and Bureaucratic Decision-Making
The purposes of laboratory experimentation and the virtues of deliberate artificiality
Computer Systems Technology
Science Information and Governmental Decision-Making
The Federal Push to Bring Computer Applications to Local Governments
Technological Innovation in Local Government
Realism in Laboratory Simulation
Some Limitations On Generalizability From Social Psychological Experiments
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 1992 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |