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Organizational information requirements, media richness and structural design
Richard L. Daft,Robert H. Lengel +1 more
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Models are proposed that show how organizations can be designed to meet the information needs of technology, interdepartmental relations, and the environment to both reduce uncertainty and resolve equivocality.Abstract:
This paper answers the question, "Why do organizations process information?" Uncertainty and equivocality are defined as two forces that influence information processing in organizations. Organization structure and internal systems determine both the amount and richness of information provided to managers. Models are proposed that show how organizations can be designed to meet the information needs of technology, interdepartmental relations, and the environment. One implication for managers is that a major problem is lack of clarity, not lack of data. The models indicate how organizations can be designed to provide information mechanisms to both reduce uncertainty and resolve equivocality.read more
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Users of the world, unite! The challenges and opportunities of Social Media
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The Relational View: Cooperative Strategy and Sources of Interorganizational Competitive Advantage
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Critical Inquiry in a Text-Based Environment: Computer Conferencing in Higher Education
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Marketing in Hypermedia Computer-Mediated Environments: Conceptual Foundations
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Computer-Mediated Communication Impersonal, Interpersonal, and Hyperpersonal Interaction
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TL;DR: In this paper, Woodward tested current theories of organization and looked into why some organizational structures appear more successful than others, and found that some structures appear to be successful more than others.
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