Abstract
Forest resources information system aims to provide accurate and complete information periodically to support effective and efficient decision-making process. Perum Perhutani is the oldest state-owned enterprise for forestry in Indonesia. They have been developed sustainable forest management include the information system. Although forest resources information system already exists, forest quality decreases time by time. This research study aims to improve the effectiveness of forest resources information system in Perum Perhutani related to forest resources management. This study focused the observation on 1) mechanism and supporting variables of forest resources information system and 2) influence of forest resources information system on the decision-making process. Mechanism and supporting variables of forest resources information system show how is forest resources information system been working to support the decision-making process. The research was conducted by reviewing literature and depth interviewing with key informants. The results showed that the current forest resources information system could not support sustainable forest management in Perum Perhutani. This information system has weakness in data and information, procedures, technology, and user. Decision-making process highly adopts technocratic paradigm, centralized, and technically dominated by decision-maker preferences which give direct affect on information management at the site level. Forest management unit as a manager at the site level become information provider but have no authority to use information to decide management Keywords:
Highlights
Data and information are essential factors in the decisionmaking process
Case study We observed the operation of forest resources information system in 3 levels of management, which are forest management unit (KPH) as management unit on the site represented by KPH Bogor, regional division represented by Forest Planning Section (SPH) Bogor, and Board of Directors as a central management level
This study examined how SISDH works in forest planning and forest management activities in each level of managements
Summary
Data and information are essential factors in the decisionmaking process. While information is the result of data analysis that arranged based on its objectives (Pearlson & Saunders 2010). Information systems as data and information management evolve as the development of technology. Organizations use information in all aspects such as planning, controlling, arrangement, and decisionmaking. Information becomes an important resource for organization (Walsham 2009). Information systems defined by Buckingham et al (1987) as a system that collects, stores, processes, and displays information associated with the organization. The importance of information system extends to planning, processing, storage, and dissemination of information and data to carry out the function of management (Arias & Solana 2013). The decision makers decide based on the existing alternatives or by preferences and shared values of the decision makers
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