Get Your Hands Out of My Drawers: A Survey of Information Ownership and Stewardship at the Air Force Institute of Technology.

Abstract

Despite beliefs in the benefits of good Information Resources Management (IRM) practices, executives still find their organizations plagued by outdated, inconsistent, and unavailable information. This information is often stored in disparate, stand alone systems spread throughout the business. The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) fails to reap the synergistic benefits of shared information despite its bounty of information systems and proclamations for IRM principles. Previous researcher postulated that this disconnect may be explained, in part, by an ownership attitude at the functional level. Empirical evidence gathered from a survey of AFIT's members failed to support Plant's hypothesis. Exploratory factor analysis of the data revealed three constructs that may help explain information sharing from the individual's point of view. In addition, a model of factors that contribute to information sharing is proposed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA335174

Entities

People

  • Keith E. Kolekofski Jr

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Computer Programs
  • Databases
  • Electronic Mail
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Information Transfer
  • Organizational Structure
  • Statistics
  • Students
  • Surveys
  • Word Processors

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  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Theoretical Analysis.