Technology, Personal Attributes and the Perceived Amount and Focus of Accounting and Information System Data.

Abstract

Characteristics of cognitive style and managerial tasks are related to the way managers perceive and use formal accounting and information system data. Data were collected from 142 respondents in 24 departments of several organizations. The findings suggest that when tasks are well defined, managers preferred a large amount of formal accounting information system data. For ill-structured taks, respondents tended to prefer multiple focus information that required greater interpretation. The tasks of information users showed a more consistent relationship with information preference than did the cognitive style of users. Additional keywords: Naval research; data processing; information processing; management information systems; information design; configurations; systems engineering; variables. (Author).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA153380

Entities

People

  • N. B. Macintosh
  • R. L. Draft

Organizations

  • Texas A&M University

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Educational Psychology
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Management Information Systems
  • Military Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Psychology
  • Schools
  • Students
  • Systems Engineering
  • Universities

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  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design