O uso do sistema de informação geográfica (SIG) nas pesquisas de administração

Abstract

The Geographic Information System (GIS) is a powerful tool of management and generation of spatial information. In business, it can be embedded into the decision-making processes as companies realize the need of geographic information. Little is known about its usage of the GIS in the Administration research. Therefore, we saw the necessity to perform a systematic review on the subject. The analyzed sample consisted of 271 articles related to "GIS" and "management" filtered from the Web of Science database. The results show that only 47 (17%) studies were about Management, the majority of these was related to the Production Sector (35 articles). There was no article focused on Human Resources and only one addressed the business Finance. The journals that appear to be a reference in this area of knowledge are the "Decision Support Systems" and the "European Journal of Operational Research". The majority of articles are from China as well as the institutions that publish the most. Only one author has published more than one paper. In the analysis of the ten most cited articles, the following GIS applications were identified: data visualization, location (routes), mapping, geographic data management and query, spatial relationships (e.g. spatial and non-spatial data integration). The majority of these studies was about vehicle routing / supply chain management. The SIG software cost, cited as an obstacle by some authors, has been overcome by the release of cheaper or free programs. This work has shown that the use of GIS in Management research is scarse despite of the wide range of studies available in this area. Apparently, the municipal administrators make best use of this tool.