About The Center for Decision Support
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What is the Simplot Decision Center?
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The Simplot Decision Support Center (SDSC) is a facility designed to
increase group decision making effectiveness and efficiency. The physical
facility is valued in excess of $950,000. It is a research and development
effort of Idaho State University resulting from the generosity of the
Simplot Corporation. The Simplot Decision Support Center if one of only a
few dedicated facilities in the nation and is available as a resource to
both local and national organizations.
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Committees are the most common form of group decision making we
encounter. As we all know, most people love committee meetings. They rank
just above a root canal without anesthesia as their favorite activity. The
bad reputation of committees stems from a fundamental flaw -- the way
participants interact before, during and after the meeting. Despite their
reputations, the literature shows that well run groups generally make
better decisions by increasing the interaction among individuals.
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What Types of Problems Does the SDSC Address?
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Some items that lead to non productive meetings are:
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- An abandoned agenda.
- Decisions were not reached.
- Plans for follow-up were not made.
- The meeting notes and recommendations are not documented.
- One person tried to dominate the discussion.
- Individuals with valid contributions did not make them.
- Creative ideas were limited by negative comments
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The SDSC is designed to support the Group Decision Support systems (GDSS)
process. This process improves the quality of group decisions by removing
the most frequent impediments to good decision making.
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Simplot Decision Support Center Users
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The Simplot Decision Support Center attracts users from around the
world to Pocatello, Idaho:
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SIMPLOT DECISION SUPPORT CENTER USERS |
| Westinghouse |
Smithsonian |
Microsoft |
| New York Stock Exchange |
Federal Express Corporation |
Flight Safety International |
| Racore Computer Products |
Logicon |
Rocky Mountain Consortium |
| ISC2 |
FMC |
Monsanto Co. |
| Center For Information Systems Security |
Information Security Institute |
Information Systems Security Association |
| International Federation For Information Processing |
National Computer Security Center |
Federal Information Systems Security Educators Association |
| Federal Computer Security Program Managers' Forum |
Mason and Hanger National |
National Cryptologic School |
| Rockwell International Corporation |
American Microsystems Incorporation |
US House of Representatives |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs |
Department of Agriculture |
Department of Commerce |
| Department of Defense |
Department of Education |
Department of Energy |
| Department of Interior |
Department of Justice |
Department of Labor |
| Defense Logistics Agency |
Department of State |
Department of Treasury |
| US Postal Service |
General Accounting Office |
Indian Health Service |
| General Services Administration |
Health and Human Services Administration |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| TRW |
NESTISSEC |
ARCA |
| National Institute of Standards |
National Security Agency |
Naval Post-Graduate School |
| Social Security Administration |
Public Health Service |
Federal Aviation Administration |
| US Army |
US Air Force |
US Navy |
| US Marshals Service |
Office of Naval Research |
US Marines Corp |
| Denver Research Institute |
MIS Training Institute |
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The center can be scheduled by contacting Jim Frost at (208) 236-4549
Or send e-mail to
Jim Frost (Frost@sdsc.isu.edu)
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Ask about our frequent users or patron pricing schedule!
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The Center for Decision Support has the ability to deploy a fully
operational support center to your facility. In addition to deploying
locally, we have hosted sessions in Washington, DC, San Francisco, CA,
Salt Lake City, UT, Baltimore, MD, Toronto, Canada, and Seattle, WA.
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The portable center can be scheduled by contacting Jim Frost at (208)
236-4549 Or send e-mail to
Jim Frost
(Frost@sdsc.isu.edu)
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Ask about our frequent users or patron pricing schedule!
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If you note any difficulty with this site please send mail to Nathan
Wingert. This page is provided as a courtesy of The Center for
Decision Support at Idaho State University
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