Automation of information in decision-making in construction companies (EC)
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The present work studies the influence of information automation in the effectiveness of decision-making with in the environment of construction companies. It also analyse the relationships among the information automation, environmental uncertainty, effectiveness of decision-making and the size of the company. Firstly, it was carried out a documental investigation; later a field work in Hermosillo. Son., Méx. As a result it was concluded that the effectiveness of decision-making is fundamentally influenced, in a negative form, by the environmental uncertainty. It was also concluded that the use of the automation, especially in construction and communication systems, reduce the environmental uncertainty and increase the effectiveness of decision-making. Finally it was found that the size of the company is negatively related with the environmental uncertainty and positively with the information automation and the effectiveness in decision-making.
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