| Article ID: | iaor19951038 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 7 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 6 |
| End Page Number: | 11 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1994 |
| Journal: | OR Insight |
| Authors: | Proudlove N., Naud P., Bellingham R. |
| Keywords: | decision |
A group decision support process and a multiattribute decision making software package have been developed at Manchester Business School. This article describes the process and software, and their use in the facilitation of a major IT procurement decision task in the NHS. The task described is novel in that it involves both group and longitudinal decision making. The article concludes by describing some of the benefits of this approach from the point of view of the managers at the hospital concerned, and the authors’ research interests.