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Evaluating Strategies for Intra-Organizational Information Management in Humanitarian Response
Lauren Bateman
author
Erica Gralla
author
2018
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY (USA)
English
Information management is critical in humanitarian response, yet intra-organizational information management practices have not been well-studied. This paper evaluates several strategies for intra-organizational information management. An agent-based model represents the dynamics of information-gathering and -sharing, in order to examine the impact of each strategy on (1) the time required to acquire adequate information for decision-making and (2) the amount of excess information acquired in the process. The results show that holding regular information-sharing meetings significantly reduces the time to acquire adequate information, but does not reduce information overload; however, deploying an information management specialist reduces both time required and information overload. The results support recommendations for humanitarian organizations deciding how to improve their internal information management approaches.
information management
agent based model
humanitarian response
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LaurenBateman+EricaGralla2018
ISCRAM 2018 Conference Proceedings – 15th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
Iscram 2018
Kees Boersma
editor
Brian Tomaszeski
editor
ISCRAM 2018 Conference Proceedings - 15th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
2018
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY (USA)
conference publication
145
157
978-0-692-12760-5
2411-3387
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