Abstract: This paper introduces the concept of information richness, and proposes three models of information processing. The models describe (1) manager information behavior, (2) organizational mechanisms for coping with equivocality from the environment, and (3) organizational mechanisms for internal coordination. Concepts developed by Weick (1979) and Galbraith (1973) are integrated into two information tasks: equivocality reduction and the processing of a sufficient amount of information. The premise of this paper is that the accomplishment of these information tasks and the ultimate success of the organization are related to the balance of information richness used in the organization.
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 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE |
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Technical rept. |
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73 |
| Report Date: |
MAY 1983 |
| Contract Number: |
N00014-83-C-0025 |
| Report Number: |
A089821 |
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