Think Process, Think in Time: Advancing Study of Informing Systems

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to contribute to theorizing the process dimension of informing systems. The conceptualization draws on a framework called the Informing View of Organization and, particularly, on its segment of informing process. The article discusses the concept of informing process and its background in the process view of organization and explores the relationship between informing process and informing system on several examples. The main conclusion is that an informing system facilitates an initial positioning of a research (or practical) problem in systems terms, while the infoprocess stance enables dynamic and analytical view of connected activities that lead to business completion, modern technologies, and performance measurement. Parallels with complex systems theory are also demonstrated. Directions for further research are outlined.

The Role of Informing Systems in Securing Sanity and Wisdom of the Globalizing Society in the Context of Civilization Sustainability in the 21st Century: The Case of Poland

“…The informing systems (Cohen, 1999;Travica, 2014) architecture depicted in Figure 5 (Targowski 2016) should support the quest for the stimulated resonant change implemented by the executive who is responsible for a given goal's performance. To be sanity and wisdom-oriented, the architecture of informing systems should include the management dashboard (MD) for top decision-makers at all levels of the globalizing society.…”

Flow-Based Provenance

“…The informing system model, a cornerstone of informing science, is based essentially on the model developed by Shannon and Weaver (1949) for the purpose of explaining and engineering transfer of telephone signals (Cohen, 2009;Gill & Bhattacherjee, 2009). According to Travica (2014), informing science scholars have made certain adjustments to the informing model, as depicted in Figure 1, where the receiver is renamed "client," in agreement with the assumed purpose of informing science to cater to the receiver's needs; that is, to "provide the clientele with information in a form, format, and schedule that maximizes its effectiveness." Such a model lacks Cohen's (1999) original element of effectiveness.…”