Shared Awareness in Times of Crisis: A Framework for Collaboration
Abstract
Shared awareness improves collaboration between actors in crises and can assist in overcoming issues related to motives, privacy and security. Strict adherence to the policies and procedures of parent organizations or teams during crises is often restrictive to effective collaboration and may be improved through shared awareness. For example, the Department of Defense (DoD) developed an information sharing strategy which aims to "provide a common vision to synchronize initiatives to share information among DoD components, all levels of US government, international coalition partners, and the private sector and also supports the national strategy on information sharing" (DoD, 2007). We argue that shared awareness is needed to expedite and increase effective response during times of crisis as well as bypass the bottlenecks relating to motives, privacy and security, especially when these issues are related to or driven by non crises policies and procedures. A framework to support this research is needed and will be discussed. Concepts such as optimized information sharing, trust and interdependencies associated with effective collaboration will be examined to support the development of a framework.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA547153
Entities
People
- Elizabeth A. Gomez
- Paul S Ray
Organizations
- New Jersey Institute of Technology