Shared information processing links managers and affect productivity

Abstract

We aren't really sharing data or information yet. Technology is forcing us toward sharing. But we haven't learned and become skilled at shared information processing (sharing data, information, decision mechanisms, and information processors). We also haven't resolved the dilemma of sharing versus hoarding, or protecting, information. We must understand the concept of sharing and apply that understanding to shared information processing. I describe the general sharing experience. Within each sharing experience, I identify a sharing product, elements, tools, and process. In diagnosing, designing, or conducting a sharing experience, we must be able to characterize what we want from the experience and how to get what we want. I accomplish those characterizations through a model and focus on the sharing process. I'm interested in what the process does and how well the process does it. I describe the performance of the process and how the process affects the performance, or productivity, of the sharing stakeholders.