Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Information innovation: it’s all about people

Information innovation: it’s all about people PurposeThis paper discusses the importance of effectively engaging people in sharing information and managing its implementation across organisations as a key part of successful change initiatives.Design/methodology/approachConsideration why information is important to an organisation and how people and space contribute to its current and future effective management.FindingsHow flexibility of working practices and the creative management of physical and virtual space empowers and enables change in innovating new working practices.Research limitations/implicationsHow creative thinking contributes to flexibility and streamlining of established practices to achieve effective information management. There is no “final answer” – it is an ongoing iterative process which depends on people engagement for continued success.Practical implicationsWithin a working environment of ongoing change, it is important that the value of engaging people in organisational change is embedded as a key part of assuring continuing successful outcomes.Social implicationsThe methods of engaging people in successful change need to be carefully considered to maximise overall outcomes reflecting a “hearts and mind” perspective. Approaches used are often individual to different groups within wider communities. All contribute to achieving effective change outcomes across a whole organisation.Originality/valueToday’s information age is ever changing. People are an organisations best asset. An effective information management system enables a flexible, agile and response to access data, develop information and progress knowledge to build ongoing sustainability. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Information and Learning Science Emerald Publishing

Information innovation: it’s all about people

Information and Learning Science , Volume 118 (11/12): 3 – Nov 13, 2017

Loading next page...
 
/lp/emerald-publishing/information-innovation-it-s-all-about-people-JzqdAT3ckf

References

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISSN
2398-5348
DOI
10.1108/ILS-08-2017-0087
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

PurposeThis paper discusses the importance of effectively engaging people in sharing information and managing its implementation across organisations as a key part of successful change initiatives.Design/methodology/approachConsideration why information is important to an organisation and how people and space contribute to its current and future effective management.FindingsHow flexibility of working practices and the creative management of physical and virtual space empowers and enables change in innovating new working practices.Research limitations/implicationsHow creative thinking contributes to flexibility and streamlining of established practices to achieve effective information management. There is no “final answer” – it is an ongoing iterative process which depends on people engagement for continued success.Practical implicationsWithin a working environment of ongoing change, it is important that the value of engaging people in organisational change is embedded as a key part of assuring continuing successful outcomes.Social implicationsThe methods of engaging people in successful change need to be carefully considered to maximise overall outcomes reflecting a “hearts and mind” perspective. Approaches used are often individual to different groups within wider communities. All contribute to achieving effective change outcomes across a whole organisation.Originality/valueToday’s information age is ever changing. People are an organisations best asset. An effective information management system enables a flexible, agile and response to access data, develop information and progress knowledge to build ongoing sustainability.

Journal

Information and Learning ScienceEmerald Publishing

Published: Nov 13, 2017

There are no references for this article.