Organizations subsist on communication and coordination. An organization’s ability to remember and learn from its past, in other words, its ability to use its “organizational memory” has been around for centuries as a means of learning, exchanging and accumulating knowledge to help the organization realize its objectives. Organizational memories are generated and used in communities of practice...

in the domain of computer technologies, our understanding of knowledge is somewhat more elusive. Data and information can be exactly the same thing, since their distinction lies in the context to which they are applied. One person's data could be another person's information. Although data often refers to the raw codification of facts, usually useful to few, it could be information for someone ...

An attempt to explain a basic nature of the information processing hierarchy in Organizational Systems is made. A framework for inielligent information processing at managing is presented. Organizational System (Enterprise) as the framework of so called elementary management cycles is decomposed. The structure of elementary management cycle (EMC) is presented and its properties discussed. A tax...

In this paper we aim to gain insight in the effects information systems have on organizational learning. A theoretical framework is proposed that may serve to explore the role of information systems in processes of organizational learning. Based on the sociology of knowledge [5], learning is conceived as the process of constructing and reconstructing organizational knowledge, which can be furth...

background: health information system (his) has been utilized for collecting, processing, storing, and transferring the required information for planning and decision‑making at different levels of health sector to provide quality services. in this study, in order to provide high‑quality his, primary health care (phc) providers’ perspective on current challenges and barriers were investigated. m...

Many current implementations of organizational knowledge management, although based on the most advanced information technologies, are hobbled by the pervading organizational controls. Such information systems related organizational controls could spell the success or failure of organizational management initiatives despite application of latest groupware and collaboration software. Often, such...