Managerial information overload

@article{Farhoomand2002ManagerialIO,
  title={Managerial information overload},
  author={Ali F. Farhoomand and Donald H. Drury},
  journal={Commun. ACM},
  year={2002},
  volume={45},
  pages={127-131}
}
Overwhelmed by the organizational imperative to collect every kind of information available, and finding technical solutions generally miss the point, knowledge workers need to improve their personal capacity for inquiry. 
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Farhoomand (ali@business.hku.hk) is an associate professor of business and Director of the Centre for Asian Business Cases at the University of Hong Kong
  • Farhoomand (ali@business.hku.hk) is an associate professor of business and Director of the Centre for Asian Business Cases at the University of Hong Kong
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