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Nitesh Bharosa; Marijn Janssen |
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Reconsidering information management roles and capabilities in disaster response decision-making units |
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2009 |
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ISCRAM 2009 – 6th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: Boundary Spanning Initiatives and New Perspectives |
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ISCRAM 2009 |
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Decision making; Disaster prevention; Disasters; Human resource management; Information analysis; Information management; Information systems; Quality assurance; Adaptivity; Decision-making units; Disaster management; Dynamic capabilities; Information architectures; Information gathering; Information managers; Roles; Emergency services |
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When disaster strikes, the emerging task environment requires relief agencies to transform from autonomous mono-disciplinary organizations into interdependent multidisciplinary decision-making units. Evaluation studies reveal that adaptation of information management to the changing task environment is difficult resulting in poor information quality, indicating information was incorrect, outdated or even unavailable to relief workers. In this paper, we adopt a theory-driven approach to develop a set of information management roles and dynamic capabilities for disaster management. Building on the principles of advance structuring and dynamic adjustment, we develop a set of roles and capabilities, which we illustrate and extend using two field studies in the Netherlands. By studying regional relief workers in action, we found that in tactical disaster response decisionmaking units, several information management roles are not addressed and that information managers are preoccupied with information gathering and reporting, whereas information quality assurance is not on the agenda. |
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Delft University of Technology, Netherlands |
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Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
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Gothenburg |
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J. Landgren, S. Jul |
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2411-3387 |
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9789163347153 |
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Standardization and Ontologies |
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6th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Olivier Sarrat; Véronique De Geoffroy |
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Sigmah free software for humanitarian project management |
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2011 |
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8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: From Early-Warning Systems to Preparedness and Training, ISCRAM 2011 |
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ISCRAM 2011 |
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Germanium; Information systems; Quality assurance; Collaborative; Free software; Humanitarian projects; Integrated management; Mapping indicators; Monitoring and assessment; Perennial; Schedule management; Project management |
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Sigmah is free software for the integrated management of humanitarian projects. It provides international aid organization with the following software features:-Monitoring project progress and funding;-Creating, sharing, analysing and mapping indicators, for monitoring and assessment;-Centralising project documents;-Improving schedule management and early-warning alarms for events;-Implementing a quality assurance approach, by defining criteria and critical points linked to projects. The Sigmah project is led by a group of humanitarian organizations, which has, at the time of writing, 12 members: Action Against Hunger (France), Aide Médicale Internationale, Comité dAide Médicale, Comité de Secours Internationaux, French Red Cross, Groupe Urgence Réhabilitation Développement (Groupe URD), Handicap International (France), Islamic Relief (France), Médecins du Monde, Première Urgence, Solidarités International and Triangle Génération Humanitaire. Sigmah is developed as free software because it aims to be available to the humanitarian community as a whole. |
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Groupe URD, France |
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Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
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Lisbon |
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M.A. Santos, L. Sousa, E. Portela |
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2411-3387 |
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9789724922478 |
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Humanitarian Challenges |
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8th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Sofie Pilemalm; Niklas Hallberg |
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Exploring service-oriented C2 support for emergency response for local communities |
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2008 |
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Proceedings of ISCRAM 2008 – 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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ISCRAM 2008 |
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159-166 |
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Command and control systems; Information systems; Quality assurance; Command and control; Emergency response; Literature studies; Natural disasters; Scenario-based evaluation; Scenario-driven evaluation; Service orientation; Service Oriented; Emergency services |
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The increased impact of natural disasters and terror attacks on our society has augmented the awareness of needs for advances in emergency response. For local communities it is vital to make use of existing resources. Service-oriented technology provides new possibilities for the enhancement of command and control (C2) systems. However, to gain full use of the technology, it must harmonize with the supported organizations and their work procedures. This paper explores the possibilities and usefulness of service oriented C2-systems for emergency response at the local community level. The study was performed in five steps: (1) literature study, (2) interviews, (3) scenario design, (4) prototyping service-oriented C2 systems, and (5) a scenario based evaluation. The results show that service-oriented C2 systems would support and enhance emergency response at the local community level. Still, several issues that need to be further considered remain, not the least the ability of quality assurance of services. |
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Swedish Defense Research Agency, Sweden |
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Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
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Washington, DC |
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F. Fiedrich, B. Van de Walle |
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2411-3387 |
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9780615206974 |
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Virtual Teams and Virtual Communities in Emergency Preparedness and Response |
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5th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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