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Abstract
Responding to renewed interest in the concept of information among IS scholars, I reconsider a concept of organizational information, a particular form of information more broadly, articulated decades ago, and elaborate on it in the light of newer developments. I argue that the basic concept, centered in human communication, remains viable, but should be extended such that machines, not just humans, are included as participants in what may be portrayed on the whole as an open interaction network in which organizational information is generated, maintained, and propagated to guide actions. I apply the extended concept to the illustrative example of university admissions.
Recommended Citation
Swanson, E Burton, "Organizational Information in the Cloud of Interaction" (2020). AMCIS 2020 Proceedings. 2.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2020/adv_info_systems_research/adv_info_systems_research/2
Organizational Information in the Cloud of Interaction
Responding to renewed interest in the concept of information among IS scholars, I reconsider a concept of organizational information, a particular form of information more broadly, articulated decades ago, and elaborate on it in the light of newer developments. I argue that the basic concept, centered in human communication, remains viable, but should be extended such that machines, not just humans, are included as participants in what may be portrayed on the whole as an open interaction network in which organizational information is generated, maintained, and propagated to guide actions. I apply the extended concept to the illustrative example of university admissions.
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