David Arnott's Personal Page

Academic Positions

Professor of Information Systems, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Associate Dean Education, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University
Director, Monash Decision Support Systems Laboratory

Professional Engagement

Treasurer, Australian Council of Professors & Heads of Information Systems Inc
Organising Chair, The 2004 IFIP International Conference on Decision Support Systems

Contact Details

Office: Room 8.02, Level 8, 26 Sir John Monash Drive, Caulfield East, Melbourne
Mailing Address: Monash University, PO Box 197, Caulfield East, Victoria 3145, Australia
Phone +61 3 9903 2693, Fax +61 3 9903 1204

Email:david.arnott@infotech.monash.edu.au

Research

My research concerns decision support systems (DSS). DSS is the area of the information systems discipline that is focused on supporting and improving managerial decision-making. In terms of contemporary professional practice, DSS includes personal decision support systems, group support systems, executive information systems, online analytical processing systems, data warehousing, and business intelligence. Most of my research has been on personal decision support systems (i.e. systems that are developed by a systems analyst for the support of an individual manager). I am particularly interested in behavioural decision theory and evolutionary development.

Selected Recent Publications

Arnott, D., & Pervan, G. (In Press). A critical analysis of decision support systems research. Journal of Information Technology.
Arnott, D., O’Donnell, P, & Jirachiefpattana, W. (In Press). Executive information systems development in an emerging economy. Decision Support Systems.
Arnott, D. (2004). Decision support systems evolution: Framework, case study and research agenda. European Journal of Information Systems, 13 (4), 247-259.
Briggs, D., & Arnott, D. (2004). Decision support systems failure: An evolutionary perspective. Journal of Decision Systems, 13 (1), 91-111.

Current PhD Supervision

Danjela Briggs - Decision-making in data warehouse projects.
Marcus Gibson - The evaluation of business intelligence systems.

Teaching

I am not teaching while I am an Associate Dean (i.e. until 2007).

Downloads

Decision Support Systems Research: 1990 to 2003 (Presentation to 2004 Australasian Conference on Information Systems)
Design Science (Presentation to 2004 Australian Council of Professors & Heads of Information Systems Workshop)
DSS Evolution Seminar (Slides)
Experimental Research Lecture (Slides)
SIMS Style Guide
A Taxonomy of Decision Biases (46 page technical report)
Decision Biases & DSS Development (Working Paper)

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