Volume 6, Number 4 — December 1982

Research Articles

An Assessment of the Concept of Decision Support Systems as Viewed by Senior-Level Executives
Maryam Alavi
(pp. 1-9)

The Integration of Word Processing into a Management Information System
Raymond McLeod, Jr., and Donald H. Bender
(pp. 11-29)

Theory and Review Articles

Alternative Designs in Information System Development
William R.King
(pp. 31-42)

Personality Characteristics of MIS Project Teams: An Empirical Study and Action-Research Design
Kate M. Kaiser and Robert P. Bostrom
(pp. 43-60)

Research Notes

Knowledge Utilization Among MIS Researchers
Scott Hamilton and Blake Ives
(pp. 61-77)