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Evaluating Strategies for Intra-Organizational Information Management in Humanitarian Response
Lauren Bateman
Erica Gralla
Kees Boersma
Brian Tomaszeski
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.
urn:ISBN:978-0-692-12760-5
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url:http://idl.iscram.org/show.php?record=2096
citekey:LaurenBateman+EricaGralla2018
citation:Lauren Bateman, & Erica Gralla. (2018). Evaluating Strategies for Intra-Organizational Information Management in Humanitarian Response. In Kees Boersma, & Brian Tomaszeski (Eds.), ISCRAM 2018 Conference Proceedings – 15th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (pp. 145-157). Rochester, NY (USA): Rochester Institute of Technology.
2018
ConferencePaper
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information management, agent based model, humanitarian response
file:http://idl.iscram.org/files/laurenbateman/2018/2096_LaurenBateman+EricaGralla2018.pdf
Rochester Institute of Technology
English
2411-3387
ISCRAM 2018 Conference Proceedings – 15th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
2018
145
157
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