Conceptualizations of Information and the Impact of Information Overabundance on Modern Management

• Autorzy: Czesław Mesjasz
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Since the expansion of the Internet in the 1990s, there has been a dramatical surge in the volume of measurable information. This phenomenon may be termed information overabundance and concerns both the production and reception of this resource. The main consequence of this trend has not simply been an increase in the number of signals being created and received by social actors but also growing difficulties in assigning meaning to such a large body of information. Therefore conceptualizations, interpretations and definitions of information must be revised. The aim of this paper is to study how information overabundance is influencing the conceptualization of information in modern management. A deeper understanding of information is essential under such circumstances. The conjectures formulated in the paper are illustrated together with an extensive survey of conceptualizations of information. Areas of future research on the new-inter- and multidisciplinary character of the various definitions and interpretations of information are also proposed. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Organisation; Conceptualisation; Information in organization

PL

Organizacja; Konceptualizacja; Informacja w organizacji

• Czasopismo: Przedsiębiorczość i Zarządzanie
• Rocznik: 2018
• Numer: t. 19, z. 6, cz. 1 Emerging Challenges in Modern Management
• Strony: 217--230

Twórcy

autor

Czesław Mesjasz

• Cracow University of Economics, Poland

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