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Environmental Scanning: A Conceptual Framework for Studying the Information Seeking Behavior of Executives.
Auster, Ethel; Choo, Chun Wei – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1991
Proposes a conceptual framework for studying the information-seeking behavior of executives when they scan the business environment. Research in management theory and information science is reviewed, and the principal elements of the framework are discussed, including the environment, acquisition of information, environmental information use,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Information Needs, Information Science, Information Seeking
Environmental Scanning: Acquisition and Use of Information by Managers.
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Choo, Chun Wei; Auster, Ethel – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 1993
Defines environmental scanning as the acquisition and use of information about an organization's external environment to assist managers in planning. Highlights include a historical review; organizational theories; information needs and uses; managers as information users; and a review of research on environmental scanning. (Contains 124…
Descriptors: Administrators, Environmental Scanning, Information Needs, Information Utilization
Environmental Scanning: Preliminary Findings of Interviews with CEOs in Two Canadian Industries.
Auster, Ethel; Choo, Chun Wei – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1993
Discusses results of the final part of a study of the environmental scanning behavior of chief executive officers in two Canadian industries--publishing and telecommunications. The results of personal interviews were analyzed to determine their main sources of environmental information and how they made use of the information in decision making.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Information Sources
CEOs, Information, and Decision Making: Scanning the Environment for Strategic Advantage.
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Auster, Ethel; Choo, Chun Wei – Library Trends, 1994
Describes a study that investigated how CEOs (Chief Executive Officers) in the Canadian publishing and telecommunications industries acquire and use information about the business environment. Topics discussed include environmental scanning; perceived environmental uncertainty; information sources; information use in decision making; and a…
Descriptors: Administrators, Decision Making, Environmental Scanning, Foreign Countries
The Dissemination and Utilization of Educational Information: The Roles of Knowledge Linkers.
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Auster, Ethel – Library and Information Science Research, 1983
Study describes actual and ideal linkage roles of four educators trained to link clients with online bibliographic retrieval service, effect of roles on clients' satisfaction with service, conceptualization of role in literature as compared with implementation in field, and implications of findings for educational knowledge dissemination. Twelve…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval
How Senior Managers Acquire and Use Information in Environmental Scanning.
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Auster, Ethel; Choo, Chun Wei – Information Processing and Management, 1994
Reports on a study of how 13 chief executives in the Canadian publishing and telecommunications industries scan their environments for information and use it in decision making. Critical incidents of information use were analyzed according to their environmental sectors, information sources, and their use in decision making. (Contains 27…
Descriptors: Administrators, Competition, Decision Making, Environmental Scanning