SOURCES THAT MANAGERS PREFER FOR BUSINESS INFORMATION NEEDS

This study aims to reveal how business managersassociate their information needs and the information sources to meet theseneeds. In order to answer this question, face-to-face interviews were carriedout with a total of 327 business managers working in various sectors.Information sources are encoded...

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Main Author: Çiğdem Baskıcı
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Language:English
Published: Mehmet Akif Ersoy University 2019-12-01
Series:Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/913836
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description This study aims to reveal how business managersassociate their information needs and the information sources to meet theseneeds. In order to answer this question, face-to-face interviews were carriedout with a total of 327 business managers working in various sectors.Information sources are encoded by using content analysis with personal andnon-personal, internal and external dimensions. Results obtained have shownthat managers mainly prefer non-personal information sources. Accordingly,business managers who face problems of sustainability and competitiveness seekpersonal and internal information while those who face problems of growth andinnovation seek non-personal and external information. As for the problemprofitability, managers refer to non-personal and internal information. Thefindings aim to contribute to strategic management and environmental scanningliterature as well as to implementers. The research results might be guidingfor identifying the information needs of managers in a more focused way andmeeting this need more efficiently.
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spelling doaj-art-45276b01a6e34814a60ea4061507d7602025-01-27T14:13:51ZengMehmet 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 Baskıcı0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0712-1481Başkent ÜniversitesiThis study aims to reveal how business managersassociate their information needs and the information sources to meet theseneeds. In order to answer this question, face-to-face interviews were carriedout with a total of 327 business managers working in various sectors.Information sources are encoded by using content analysis with personal andnon-personal, internal and external dimensions. Results obtained have shownthat managers mainly prefer non-personal information sources. Accordingly,business managers who face problems of sustainability and competitiveness seekpersonal and internal information while those who face problems of growth andinnovation seek non-personal and external information. As for the problemprofitability, managers refer to non-personal and internal information. Thefindings aim to contribute to strategic management and environmental scanningliterature as well as to implementers. The research results might be guidingfor identifying the information needs of managers in a more focused way andmeeting this need more efficiently.https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/913836örgütsel algıenformasyon kaynağıenformasyon ihtiyacıstratejik yönetimorganizational perceptioninformation sourceinformation needstrategic management
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SOURCES THAT MANAGERS PREFER FOR BUSINESS INFORMATION NEEDS
Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi
örgütsel algı
enformasyon kaynağı
enformasyon ihtiyacı
stratejik yönetim
organizational perception
information source
information need
strategic management
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 örgütsel algı
enformasyon kaynağı
enformasyon ihtiyacı
stratejik yönetim
organizational perception
information source
information need
strategic management
url https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/913836
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