Task characteristics, knowledge sharing and integration, and emergency management performance: Research agenda and challenges

Proceedings of ISCRAM 2008 - 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 88-92

  Becerra Fernandez, Irma ^a   Xia, Weidong ^a   Gudi, Arvind ^a   Rocha, Jose ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency management task characteristics; Emergency management task performance; Knowledge integration; Knowledge sharing; Virtual emergency operations center

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION REACTIONS; DISASTERS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTERS; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MEDIATING ROLES; MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS; TASK CHARACTERISTICS; TASK COMPLEXITY;

CIVIL DEFENSE;

EID: 76649136375     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (13)

1. Becerra-Fernandez, I. Prietula, M., Madey, G., Rodriguez, D., Valerdi, R., Wright, T. Design and Development of a Virtual Emergency Operations Center for Disaster Management Research, Training, and Discovery. Proceedings of the 41st HICSS, January 2008, Hawaii.
2. Becerra-Fernandez, I. Prietula, M., Madey, G., Rodriguez, D. (2007), "Project Ensayo: a Virtual Emergency Operations Center for Disaster Management Research, Training, and Discovery." Proceedings of the First International Conference on Global Defense and Business Continuity, San Jose, CA.
3. Campbell, D. J. (1988). Task Complexity: A Review and Analysis. Academy of Management. The Academy of Management Review, 13, 1, 40.
4. Comfort, L. K., Dunn, M., Johnson, D., Skertich, R., and Zagorecki, A. (2004). Coordination in Complex Systems: Increasing Efficiency in Disaster Mitigation and Response. International Journal of Emergency Management, 2, 1-2, 62-80.
5. Daft, R.L. and Lengel, R.H. (1986). Organizational Information Requirements, Media Richness and Structural Design. Management Science 32, 5, 554-571.
6. Daft, R.L., and Macintosh, N.B. (1981). A Tentative Exploration into the Amount and Equivocality of Information Processing in Organizational Work Units, Administrative Science Quarterly, 26, 207-224.
7. Galbraith, J. (1973). Designing Complex Organizations. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.
8. GAO, (2006). Hurricane Katrina: GAO's Preliminary Observations Regarding Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.
9. McGrath, R.G. (2001). Exploratory Learning, Innovative Capacity, and Managerial Oversight. Academy of Management Journal, 44, 1, 118-131.
10. March, J.G. (1991). Exploration and exploitation in organizational learning. Organization Science. 2: 71-87.
11. Perrow, C. (1984). Normal Accidents: Living with high-risk technologies. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
12. Sabherwal, R., and Becerra-Fernandez, I. (2005). Integrating Specific Knowledge: Insights From the Kennedy Space Center. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 52, 3, 301.
13. Wood, R.E. (1986). Task Complexity: Definition of the Construct. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 37, 1, 60-82.