Information Management for the Intelligent Organization: The Art of Scanning the EnvironmentDemonstrates how an organization can manage its information more effectively in order to increase its capacity to learn and adapt. Examines the relationship between information management and the intelligent organization and highlights the concept of environmental scanning, defined as the acquisition and use of information about the organization's external environment. Discusses the management of information sources and examines the use and potential of online databases and Internet resources. Includes case studies of environmental scanning in several organizations. |
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Chapter | 1 |
A Process Model of Information Management | 23 |
Information Acquisition | 29 |
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