SOURCES THAT MANAGERS PREFER FOR BUSINESS INFORMATION NEEDS
This study aims to reveal how business managers associate their information needs and the information sources to meet these needs. In order to answer this question, face-to-face interviews were carried out with a total of 327 business managers working in various sectors. Information sources are enco...
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Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
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| description | This study aims to reveal how business managers
associate their information needs and the information sources to meet these
needs. In order to answer this question, face-to-face interviews were carried
out with a total of 327 business managers working in various sectors.
Information sources are encoded by using content analysis with personal and
non-personal, internal and external dimensions. Results obtained have shown
that managers mainly prefer non-personal information sources. Accordingly,
business managers who face problems of sustainability and competitiveness seek
personal and internal information while those who face problems of growth and
innovation seek non-personal and external information. As for the problem
profitability, managers refer to non-personal and internal information. The
findings aim to contribute to strategic management and environmental scanning
literature as well as to implementers. The research results might be guiding
for identifying the information needs of managers in a more focused way and
meeting this need more efficiently. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-45276b01a6e34814a60ea4061507d7602023-02-15T16:13:09ZengMehmet Akif Ersoy UniversityMehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi2149-16582019-12-016388589910.30798/makuiibf.570175273SOURCES THAT MANAGERS PREFER FOR BUSINESS INFORMATION NEEDSÇiğdem Baskıcı0Başkent ÜniversitesiThis study aims to reveal how business managers associate their information needs and the information sources to meet these needs. In order to answer this question, face-to-face interviews were carried out with a total of 327 business managers working in various sectors. Information sources are encoded by using content analysis with personal and non-personal, internal and external dimensions. Results obtained have shown that managers mainly prefer non-personal information sources. Accordingly, business managers who face problems of sustainability and competitiveness seek personal and internal information while those who face problems of growth and innovation seek non-personal and external information. As for the problem profitability, managers refer to non-personal and internal information. The findings aim to contribute to strategic management and environmental scanning literature as well as to implementers. The research results might be guiding for identifying the information needs of managers in a more focused way and meeting this need more efficiently.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/makuiibf/issue/51427/570175organizational perceptioninformation sourceinformation needstrategic managementörgütsel algıenformasyon kaynağıenformasyon ihtiyacıstratejik yönetim |
| spellingShingle | Çiğdem Baskıcı SOURCES THAT MANAGERS PREFER FOR BUSINESS INFORMATION NEEDS Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi organizational perception information source information need strategic management örgütsel algı enformasyon kaynağı enformasyon ihtiyacı stratejik yönetim |
| title | SOURCES THAT MANAGERS PREFER FOR BUSINESS INFORMATION NEEDS |
| title_full | SOURCES THAT MANAGERS PREFER FOR BUSINESS INFORMATION NEEDS |
| title_fullStr | SOURCES THAT MANAGERS PREFER FOR BUSINESS INFORMATION NEEDS |
| title_full_unstemmed | SOURCES THAT MANAGERS PREFER FOR BUSINESS INFORMATION NEEDS |
| title_short | SOURCES THAT MANAGERS PREFER FOR BUSINESS INFORMATION NEEDS |
| title_sort | sources that managers prefer for business information needs |
| topic | organizational perception information source information need strategic management örgütsel algı enformasyon kaynağı enformasyon ihtiyacı stratejik yönetim |
| url | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/makuiibf/issue/51427/570175 |
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