%0 Journal Article %1 702055319860501 %A Daft, Richard L. %A Lengel, Robert H. %D 19860501 %J Management Science %K Administrative COMMUNICATION DESIGN EXECUTIVE INFORMATION Information MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION, ORGANIZATIONAL Organization Organizational PERSONNEL Processes STRUCTURAL Structure, Variables, ability, and behavior, departments, design, in organizations, processing, science, sharing, structure, %N 5 %P p554 - 571 %T ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS, MEDIA RICHNESS AND STRUCTURAL DESIGN. %U http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=7020553&site=ehost-live %V 32 %X 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. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR Copyright of Management Science is the property of INFORMS: Institute for Operations Research and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or

@article{702055319860501, 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. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR Copyright of Management Science is the property of INFORMS: Institute for Operations Research and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or }, added-at = {2008-05-21T09:04:15.000+0200}, author = {Daft, Richard L. and Lengel, Robert H.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/24ade46da05d14cfafda6238aefe7dc83/jhuebner}, interhash = {003bbdd83a11e3be51c66dd789395aaf}, intrahash = {4ade46da05d14cfafda6238aefe7dc83}, issn = {00251909}, journal = {Management Science}, keywords = {Administrative COMMUNICATION DESIGN EXECUTIVE INFORMATION Information MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION, ORGANIZATIONAL Organization Organizational PERSONNEL Processes STRUCTURAL Structure, Variables, ability, and behavior, departments, design, in organizations, processing, science, sharing, structure,}, number = 5, pages = {p554 - 571}, timestamp = {2008-05-21T09:04:17.000+0200}, title = {ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS, MEDIA RICHNESS AND STRUCTURAL DESIGN.}, url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=7020553&site=ehost-live}, volume = 32, year = 19860501 }