Emeritus Prof David Arnott - Researcher Profile

Biography

David Arnott is an Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University. His research interests include the development of personal DSS, business intelligence, and IT governance. He is the author of more than 70 scientific papers in the decision support area, including papers in journals such as the European Journal of Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, Decision Support Systems, and the Journal of Information Technology.

Keywords

Decision Support Systems, Decision Support and Group Support Systems, IT Governance

Qualifications

Master of Business Systems

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2005

Publications

Books

Meredith, R.A., Shanks, G., Arnott, D.R., Carlsson, S. (eds), 2004, Decision support in an uncertain and complex world : proceedings of the 2004 IFIP WG8.3 International Conference on Decision Support Systems DSS2004, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Book Chapters

Gibson, M.C., Arnott, D.R., 2010, A participatory case study of business intelligence systems development, in Bridging the Socio-technical Gap in Decision Support Systems: Challenges for the Next Decade, eds Ana Respicio, Frederic Adam, Gloria Phillips-Wren, Carlos Teixeira and Joao Telhada, IOS Press, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 199-210.

Arnott, D., Pervan, G., 2010, An assessment of DSS design science using the Hevner, March, Park and Ram guidelines, in Information Systems Foundations: The Role of Design Science, eds Dennis N. Hart and Shirley D. Gregor, ANU ePress, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 255-284.

Arnott, D.R., Pervan, G., 2010, How relevant is fieldwork to DSS design-science research?, in Bridging the Socio-technical Gap in Decision Support Systems: Challenges for the Next Decade, eds Ana Respicio, Frederic Adam, Gloria Phillips-Wren, Carlos Teixeira and Joao Telhada, IOS Press, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 108-119.

Remington, S.M., O'Donnell, P.A., Arnott, D.R., 2010, Market strategy and innovation in the business intelligence industry: A preliminary study, in Bridging the Socio-technical Gap in Decision Support Systems: Challenges for the Next Decade, eds Ana Respicio, Frederic Adam, Gloria Phillips-Wren, Carlos Teixeira and Joao Telhada, IOS Press, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 223-234.

Arnott, D.R., 2010, Senior executive information behaviors and decision support: A research agenda, in Bridging the Socio-technical Gap in Decision Support Systems: Challenges for the Next Decade, eds Ana Respicio, Frederic Adam, Gloria Phillips-Wren, Carlos Teixeira and Joao Telhada, IOS Press, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 37-48.

Meredith, R.A., O'Donnell, P.A., Arnott, D.R., 2008, Databases and data warehouses for decision support, in Handbook on Decision Support Systems 1: Basic Themes, eds Frada Burstein and Clyde W. Holsapple, Springer, Berlin Germany, pp. 207-230.

Arnott, D.R., Dodson, G., 2008, Decision support systems failure, in Handbook on Decision Support Systems 1: Basic Themes, eds Frada Burstein and Clyde W. Holsapple, Springer, Berlin Germany, pp. 763-790.

Arnott, D.R., 2008, Personal decision support systems, in Handbook on Decision Support Systems 2: Variations, eds Frada Burstein and Clyde W. Holsapple, Springer, Berlin Germany, pp. 127-150.

Arnott, D.R., 2006, Data warehouse and business intelligence governance: an empirical study, in Creativity and Innovation in Decision Making and Decision Support, eds Frederic Adam, Patrick Brezillon, Sven Carlsson and Patrick Humphreys, Ludic Publishing, London UK, pp. 711-730.

Arnott, D.R., Pervan, G., 2006, Eight key issues for the decision support systems discipline, in Creativity and Innovation in Decision Making and Decision Support, eds Frederic Adam, Patrick Brezillon, Sven Carlsson and Patrick Humphreys, Ludic Publishing, London UK, pp. 946-968.

Pervan, G., Arnott, D.R., 2006, Research in data warehousing and business intelligence: 1990-2004, in Creativity and Innovation in Decision Making and Decision Support, eds Frederic Adam, Patrick Brezillon, Sven Carlsson and Patrick Humphreys, Ludic Publishing, London UK, pp. 985-1003.

Dodson, G., Arnott, D.R., Pervan, G., 2006, The client and user in decision support systems: review and research agenda, in Creativity and Innovation in Decision Making and Decision Support, eds Frederic Adam, Patrick Brezillion, Sven Carlsson and Patrick Humphreys, Ludic Publishing, London UK, pp. 466-487.

O'Donnell, P.A., Arnott, D.R., Gibson, M.C., 2002, Data warehousing development methodologies: A comparative analysis, in Decision Making and Decision Support in the Internet Age, eds F. Adam, P. Brezillon, P. Humphreys and J.-C. Pomerol, Oak Tree Press, Cork Ireland, pp. 387-398.

Arnott, D.R., Willis, R.J., 1998, A Framework for Understanding Decision Support Systems Evolution, in Business Systems Research Vol II, School of Business Systems, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 281-292.

Journal Articles

Arnott, D.R., Pervan, G., 2012, Design science in decision support systems research: An assessment using the Hevner, March, Park, and Ram guidelines, Journal Of The Association For Information Systems [P], vol 13, issue 11, Association for Information Systems, Atlanta GA USA, pp. 923-949.

Arnott, D., 2010, Senior executive information behaviors and decision support, Journal of Decision Systems [P], vol 19, issue 4, Lavoisier, Cachan France, pp. 465-480.

Arnott, D.R., O'Donnell, P.A., 2008, A note on an experimental study of DSS and forecasting exponential growth, Decision Support Systems, vol 45, issue 1, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 180-186.

Arnott, D.R., Pervan, G., 2008, Eight key issues for the decision support systems discipline, Decision Support Systems, vol 44, issue 3, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 657-672.

Remington, S.M., O'Donnell, P.A., Arnott, D.R., 2008, Enterprise reporting without a data warehouse: A case study, Journal of Decision Systems, vol 17, issue 1, Lavoisier, Cachan Cedex France, pp. 133-151.

Arnott, D.R., Jirachiefpattana, W., O'Donnell, P.A., 2007, Executive information systems development in an emerging economy, Decision Support Systems, vol 42, issue 4, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 2078-2084.

Arnott, D.R., 2006, Cognitive biases and decision support systems development: a design science approach, Information Systems Journal, vol 16, issue 1, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford England, pp. 55-78.

Arnott, D.R., Pervan, G., 2005, A critical analysis of decision support systems research, Journal of Information Technology, vol 20, issue 2, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire UK, pp. 67-87.

Arnott, D.R., Pervan, G., Dodson, G., 2005, A descriptive analysis of decision support systems research between 1990 and 2003, The Australasian Journal of Information Systems, vol 12, issue 2, Australasian Association for Information Systems, Wollongong NSW Australia, pp. 178-191.

Arnott, D.R., Pervan, G., Dodson, G., 2005, Who pays for decision support systems research? Review, directions, and issues, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, vol 16, Assocation for Information Systems, http://cais.isworld.org/, pp. 1-43.

Arnott, D.R., 2004, Decision support systems evolution: framework, case study and research agenda, European Journal of Information Systems, vol 13, issue 4, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, UK, pp. 247-259.

Briggs, D., Arnott, D.R., 2004, Decision support systems failure: An evolutionary perspective, Journal of Decisions Systems, vol 13, issue 1, Lavoisier, France, pp. 91-111.

Osianlis, A., Arnott, D.R., 2002, The application of Business Intelligience and Data Warehousing in an Australian water business, Management Information Systems, vol 4, WIT Press, Southampton UK, pp. 369-378.

Maynard, S., Burstein, F.V., Arnott, D.R., 2001, A multi-faceted decision support system evaluation approach, Journal of Decision Systems, vol 10, issue 3-4, Hermes Science Publishing Ltd, Middlesex UK, pp. 395-428.

Conference Proceedings

Arnott, D.R., 2008, Success factors for data warehouse and business intelligence systems, Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, 03 December 2008 to 05 December 2008, University of Canterbury, Christchurch New Zealand, pp. 55-65.

Dodson, G., Arnott, D.R., Pervan, G., 2008, The use of business intelligence systems in Australia, Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, 03 December 2008 to 05 December 2008, University of Canterbury, Christchurch New Zealand, pp. 260-271.

Gibson, M.C., Arnott, D.R., 2007, The use of focus groups in design science research, Proceedings of the 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems: Research, Relevance and Rigour: Coming of Age, 5 December 2007 to 7 December 2007, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba Qld Australia, pp. 327-337.

Pervan, G., Arnott, D.R., 2006, Key issues for GSS research, Proceedings of the Group Decision and Negotiation (GDN) 2006 International Conference, 25 June 2006 to 28 June 2006, Universitatsverlag Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Germany, pp. 78-81.

Gibson, M.C., Arnott, D.R., 2005, The evaluation of business intelligence: a case study in a major financial institution, Proceedings of the 16th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2005), 30 November 2005 to 02 December 2005, Australasian Chapter of the Association for Information Systems, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 1-12.

Pervan, G., Arnott, D.R., Dodson, G., 2005, Trends in the study of group support systems, Proceedings of the Group Decision and Negotiation Annual Conference, 10 July 2005 to 13 July 2005, University of Vienna, Vienna Austria, pp. 1-17.

Arnott, D.R., Pervan, G., O'Donnell, P.A., Dodson, G., 2004, An analysis of decision support systems research: preliminary results, Decision Support in an Uncertain World: The 2004 IFIP International Conference on Decision Support Systems (DSS2004): Proceedings of the Conference, 01 July 2004 to 03 July 2004, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 25-38.

Arnott, D.R., Pervan, G., Dodson, G., 2004, Decision support systems research 1990 to 2003: a descriptive analysis, Managing New Wave Information Systems: Enterprise, Government and Society: Proceedings of the 15th Australasian Conference on Information Systems 2004, 01 December 2004 to 03 December 2004, School of Information Systems, University of Tasmania, Hobart TAS Australia, pp. 1-10.

Remington, S.M., O'Donnell, P.A., Arnott, D.R., 2004, Enterprise reporting without a data warehouse: a case study, Decision Support in an Uncertain World: Proceedings of the 2004 IFIP International Conference on Decision Support Systems (DSS2004), 01 July 2004 to 03 July 2004, Monash University, Melbourne VIC Australia, pp. 673-682.

Gibson, M.C., Arnott, D.R., Jagielska, I., 2004, Evaluating the intangible benefits of Business Intelligence: review & research agenda, Decision Support in an Uncertain World: Proceedings of the 2004 IFIP International Conference on Decision Support Systems (DSS2004), 01/07/2004 to 03/07/2004, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 295-305.

Gibson, M.C., Arnott, D.R., 2003, Business intelligence for small business: assessment, framework & agenda, Proceedings of the Seventh Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, 09/07/2003 to 13/07/2003, University of South Australia, Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 743-759.

Meredith, R., Arnott, D.R., 2003, On ethics and decision support systems development, Proceedings of the 7th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, 10/07/2003 to 13/07/2003, University of South Australia, Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 1562-1575.

Briggs, D., Arnott, D.R., 2002, Decision Support Systems failure: an evolutionary perspective, Decision Making and Decision Support in the Internet Age: Proceedings of the DSIage 2002, 04 July 2002 to 07 July 2002, Oak Tree Press, Cork Ireland, pp. 571-581.

Arnott, D.R., Tan, W.D., 2001, Managerial information acquisition and the World Wide Web: an exploratory study, Proceedings of The Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems 2001, 20 June2001 to 22 June 2001, The Korea Society of Management Information Systems, Seoul Korea, pp. 749-760.

Lynch, K., Carbone, A., Jamieson, P., Arnott, D.R., 2000, Adopting a Studio-based Approach into Information Technology, Proceedings of the 4th Australasian Computing Education Conference, Clayton VIC 4-6 December 2000, Association for Computing Machinery, New York NY USA, p. 254.

Jamieson, P.L., Carbone, A., Lynch, K.E., Atchison, M.D., Arnott, D.R., 2000, Introducing a Studio-Based Learning Environment into Information Technology, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australia, Toowoomba QLD 2-5 July 2000, Australian Society for Education Technology, University of Southern Queensland Qld Australia, p. 61.

Tan, W., Arnott, D.R., 1999, Managerial Information Acquisition and The World Wide Web: A Theoretical Background, Decision Support in the New Millennium Conference Proceedings, Melbourne AUSTRALIA, 20-23 July, 1999, Pacific Mirror Image, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Arnott, D.R., 1998, A Framework for Understanding Decision Support Systems Evolution, Proceedings of 9th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Sydney NSW, 29 Sept.- 2 Oct. 1998, School of Info. Systems, Uni of Sydney, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 1-13.

Paranagama, P., Burstein, F.V., Arnott, D.R., 1998, ADAPTOR: A Personality-based Adaptive DSS Generator, Proceedings of the 31st Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, Hawaii USA, 6-9 January 1998, IEEE ComputerSociety, Los Alamitos USA, pp. 1-10.

Fisher, J., Arnott, D.R., 1998, An Example of the Analysis of Qualitative Case Study Data in Information Systems Research, Proceedings of 9th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Sydney NSW, 29 Sep-2 Oct 1998, SIS, University of NSW, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 215-226.

Paranagama, P., Burstein, F.V., Arnott, D.R., 1997, Adapting tp Personality through the Use of DSS Generators, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on User Modelling, Chia Laguna, Sardinia, Italy, 2-5 June 1997, Springer-Veriag, New York NY USA, pp. 79-81.

O'Donnell, P.A., Arnott, D.R., Yeo, L., 1997, An Experimental Study of the Impact of a Computer-based Decision Aid on the Forecast of Exponential Data, The Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS '97) Conference Proceedings, Brisbane, 1-5 April, 1997, ISMRC/ Queensland Univ. of Technology, Brisbane Qld Australia, pp. 279-288.

Shanks, G., O'Donnell, P.A., Arnott, D.R., 1997, Data Warehousing: A Preliminary Field Study, Proceedings of the 8th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Adelaide, SA, 30 September 1997, ACLS Executive Committee, University of SA, Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 350-365.

Paranagama, P., Burstein, F.V., Arnott, D.R., 1997, Implementation of an adaptive DSS generator for senior managers, Proceedings of the 4th Conference of the International Society for Decision Support Systems, Lausanne Switzerland, International Society for Decision Support Systems, Lausanne Switzerland, pp. 401-416.

Arnott, D.R., O'Donnell, P.A., Jirachiefpattana, W., 1997, Outsourcing the Development of an Executive Information System: A Case Study from the Transport Industry, Proceedings of the 8th Australian Conference on Information Systems, Adelaide 29 Sept. to 2 Oct. 1997, The Australian Computer Society, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 30-42.

Arnott, D.R., Atchison, M., 1997, Professional Issues in Information Systems Education: Background, Critique and Directions for the Future, Information Systems Education Conference (ISECON '97) Proceedings, Florida, USA 17-19 October 1997, Foundation for IT Educn., Assoc. of IT Profnls, USA, pp. 69-75.

Teaching Commitment

Professor David Arnott is the Chief Examiner for the following unit in the Faculty of IT:

• FIT5185 - Introduction to research methods

In 2011, Professor Arnott taught the following unit/s:

• FIT5185 - Introduction to research methods
• FIT5094 - IT for management decision making

Activities

Faculty academic committee

Chair
Graduate Programs Committee
Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University

Visiting professorships, fellowships, or other appointments

Emeritus Professor
from 1/1/2012
Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

An Investigation of Senior Executives' Information Behaviours.

Supervisors:

Arnott, D (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Business intelligence systems usage investigation in Chinese cross-culture companies.

Supervisors:

Arnott, D (Joint), Gao, C (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Effecting & Sustaining Organisational Change with Enterprise Performance Management & BI.

Supervisors:

Arnott, D (Main), Ferreira, A (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Taxonomy of computer assisted language learning design: Towards informed practice.

Supervisors:

Arnott, D (Joint), Kuzic, J (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The conceptualization and implementation of information governance: A design-science approach.

Supervisors:

Arnott, D (Main), Meredith, R (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The measurement of business intelligence system success.

Supervisors:

Arnott, D (Main), Weber, R (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Al-Alawi, A.

Program of Study:

Drivers and pitfalls of electronic business - a Dubai perspective. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Arnott, D (Main), Kuzic, J (Associate).

Student:

Atkinson, J.

Program of Study:

TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES USED DURING SYSTEM ANALYSIS ACTIVITIES FOR DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS - AN EXPLORATORY STUDY. (PHD) 2001.

Supervisors:

Arnott, D (Main).

Student:

Cheng, K.

Program of Study:

The Development of a Web-Enabled Data Warehousing System. (Masters) 2001.

Supervisors:

Arnott, D (Main).

Student:

Dodson, G.

Program of Study:

The Nature of Business Intelligence Practice in Australia: Business and IT Perspectives. (Masters) 2008.

Supervisors:

Arnott, D (Main).

Student:

Gibson, M.

Program of Study:

Decision Support Systems for Small Business: Assessment, Framework and Research Agenda. (Masters) 2003.

Supervisors:

Arnott, D (Main), O''Donnell, P (Associate).

Student:

Gibson, M.

Program of Study:

Evaluating the benefits of business intelligence systems: a design science approach. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Arnott, D (Joint-Co), Jagielska, I (Joint).

Student:

Hamilton, D.

Program of Study:

INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTEGRATION IN COMPLEX ORGANISATIONS. (PHD) 2000.

Supervisors:

Arnott, D (Main).

Student:

Jagielska, I.

Program of Study:

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE APPLICATION OF COMPUTATIONAL INTELLINGENCE METHODS TO KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS. (PHD) 2001.

Supervisors:

Arnott, D (Main).

Student:

Mckemmish, S.

Program of Study:

CONSTANTLY EVOLVING, EVER MUTATING: AN AUSTRALIAN CONTRIBUTION TO THE ARCHIVAL METATEXT. (PHD) 2001.

Supervisors:

Arnott, D (Main).

Student:

Meredith, R.

Program of Study:

ON THE PHILOSOPHIES OF RATIONALITY AND THE NATURE OF DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS. (PHD) 2004.

Supervisors:

Arnott, D (Main), Jagielska, I (Associate).

Student:

Nantiyakul, R.

Program of Study:

Using a design-science approach for effective corporate performance management systems development. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Arnott, D (Main), Meredith, R (Associate).

Student:

Osianlis, A.

Program of Study:

DEVELOPMENT OF A DATA WAREHOUSE PROCESS MODEL. (PHD) 2005.

Supervisors:

Arnott, D (Main), Jagielska, I (Associate).

Student:

Paranagama, P.

Program of Study:

USING DECISION MAKER PERSONALITY AS A BASIS FOR BUILDING ADAPTIVE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM GENERATORS FOR SENIOR DECISION MAKERS. (PHD) 2000.

Supervisors:

Burstein, F (Main), Arnott, D (Associate).

Student:

Tan, W.

Program of Study:

AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE MANAGERIAL USE OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB AS AN INFORMATION CHANNEL. (Masters) 2001.

Supervisors:

Arnott, D (Main).