Search for dissertations about: "information patterns"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1267 swedish dissertations containing the words information patterns.

  2. 1. Information Demand and Use : Improving Information Flow within Small-scale Business Contexts

    Author : Magnus Lundqvist; Kurt Sandkuhl; Sture Hägglund; Wolfgang Deiters; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Information Use; Information Demand; Information Logistics; Information Flow; Context; Patterns; Enterprise Modelling; Information Modelling; Informatics; computer and systems science; Informatik; data- och systemvetenskap; Information technology;

    Abstract : Whilst the amount of information readily available to workers in information- and knowledge intensive business- and industrial contexts only seem to increase with every day, those workers still have difficulties in finding relevant and needed information as well as storing, distributing, and aggregating such information. Yet, whilst there exist numerous technical, organisational, and practical approaches to remedy the situation, the problems seem to prevail. READ MORE

  4. 2. An Exploration of Information Inadequacy: Instances that Cause the Lack of Needed Information

    Author : Miranda Kajtazi; Darek Haftor; Anita Mirijamdotter; Marcelo Milrad; Sören Brier; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; information; information inadequacy; information lack; information overflow; hermeneutic approach; grounded theory approach; Informatics; computer and systems science; Informatik; data- och systemvetenskap; Information Systems; Informatik;

    Abstract : Information is one of the most essential resources in our contemporary societies, as it guideshuman thinking, planning and subsequent actions, which in turn generates consequencesthat are desired or not. The Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008, the tsunami in Indonesiain 2004, the Space Shuttle Challenger destruction in 1986 are just three instances ofdramatic situations, emerging continuously, where information plays a crucial role. READ MORE

  5. 3. Puzzle or Mosaic? : On Managerial Information Patterns

    Author : Cecilia Gullberg; Alf Westelius; Pär Mårtensson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; information patterns; information behaviour; information systems; management information; management control; governance; management control as a package; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Economic Information Systems; Ekonomiska informationssystem;

    Abstract : Managers and information are key components in most management control literature, and a range of tools and concepts have been developed to better accommodate the information needs of managers so as to ensure efficient action and intelligent decisions. At the same time, the managerial work is often described as highly fragmented, unstructured and interpersonal, with little time for planning and isolated reflection. READ MORE

  6. 4. Predictive Techniques and Methods for Decision Support in Situations with Poor Data Quality

    Author : Rikard König; Högskolan i Skövde; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Rule Extraction; Genetic Programming; Uncertainty estimation; Machine Learning; Artificial Neural Networks; Data Mining; Information Fusion; Information technology; Informationsteknik; Teknik; Technology;

    Abstract : Today, decision support systems based on predictive modeling are becoming more common, since organizations often collect more data than decision makers can handle manually. Predictive models are used to find potentially valuable patterns in the data, or to predict the outcome of some event. READ MORE

  7. 5. Organizational information provision : managing mandatory and discretionary utilization of information technology

    Author : Carl-Johan Petri; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computer science; Datavetenskap; Economic Information Systems; Ekonomiska informationssystem;

    Abstract : This dissertation focuses on the organizational units that participate in the operation of shared information systems - and especially how the codification responsibilities (information creation, collection and recording) are described in the governance models: who are supposed to perform these activities and how are they promoted or hampered by the management control systems?The IT governance model describes the patterns of authority for key IT activities in an organization, which are allocated to different stakeholders to assure that the IT resources are managed and utilized to support the organization's strategies and goals.Altogether, primary data has been compiled in eight case studies and one brief telephone survey. READ MORE