期刊名称：Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：1547-5840
电子版ISSN：1547-5867
出版年度：2008
卷号：5
页码：679-704
出版社：Informing Science Institute
摘要：For more than 25 years, the framework of Ives, Hamilton, and Davis (1980) for research in computer-
based (C-B) management information systems served hundreds of doctoral dissertations
without yielding results of lasting validity. This paper summarizes the more lasting results from
prior studies about the nature of informing for operations (whether human or robotic) as seen
through the lens of decision-situation models. The model and framework of thinking about informing
for operations entails fundamental concepts; basic distinctions; universal taxonomy of
informing factors, their qualities, and priorities of their examination for research and practical
applications; and quality requirements for factors in form and in substance. The paper summarizes
the first identified principia. Informing and information, viewed physically, provides insights
that clarify several controversial issues. This paper is presented to elicit challenge, critique,
discussion, and suggestions in order to develop a mutual consensus among those dealing with
informing.
