Purpose – Informs executives of the dangers of entrapment which can occur when there is an increasing commitment to an ineffective course of action to justify previous allocation of resources when managing new projects. Design/methodology/approach – Reviews research studies on establishing...

Suggests a structured approach to decision making in the context of generating appropriate marketing strategies. The method includes the use of a creative problem‐solving method, brainstorming. Decisions often involve several people and different people may have different viewpoints on the...

Exploring data and relationships between variables by visual inspection permits one to obtain excellent information for decision‐making purposes. CA Compete ! for Windows facilitates this process. The range of applications for the package in management decision making is quite enormous....

The article explores the concept of idea processing support systems noting their relevance and usefulness in management decision. A review of some of the pertinent software is offered along with an account of the development of an integrated idea processing support system called the creative...