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Teholisticmanagementmodelinglobalenvironment
7.Informationforfunctionsofholisticmanagement
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Tecyberneticsusesthenotionofinformation–asignalwithinformative
character–todefinethefoundationsofcontrolinmanagement.Tesingular-
ityofinformationasadriverofimpactliesinefectofitscontentthatismuch
greaterthantheenergyrequiredtoconveytheinformation.Inprinciple,man-
agementandcontrolprocessesrequirelessenergythanistheamountofenergy
theymanagewithinanobject.Tisaxiom,infact,iskeytounderstandingthe
existenceofmanagement.
Inorderformanagerstoknowwhatinformationtheyrequireinordertobe
abletomanageasystem,theymustmasterthefunctionalmechanismsofthe
system,itsstructureandmodel,methodsandalgorithmsforproblemsolving.
Teymustknowthescopeoftheiractivitiesandthescopeofanytypeofdecision
thattheyarerequiredtomake.
Tefactisgenerallyknownthatthelessweknowaboutacertainphenome-
non,themorevariableswerequiretoexplainit.Duetothisreasonalso,amanage-
mentsubjectwhodoesn’tknowthephenomenonorprocesstheyareresponsible
for,wantstoknow“everything”fromtheavailableinformation.Itisthereforeun-
derstandablethattheinformationsystemdesignerwhogenerallyknowsevenless
abouttheimportantphenomenonthanthemanagerdoes,triestoextractmorethan
“everything”andofcourse,thisonlyservestoincreasetheexcessivequantityofun-
necessaryinformation.
Teconclusionfromtheaboveisquitesimple:Itisnotpossibletospecifywhat
informationisnecessaryforthemanagementfunctionifamanagementsystemdoesn’t
exist,hasn`tbeenbuilt,hasn`tbeentested,norimplementedandiftherelevantex-
planatorymodelhasn`tbeenconstructed.Informationsystemsformpartofanin-
tegratedmanagementsystem.Teycan’tbebuiltasneededwithouttakingintoac-
countthethepurposeofthemanagementsystemtheyshouldserve.
Toalargeextent,thelevelofplanning,andconsequentlythelevelofresults
anorganizationcanachieve,dependonqualities,characterandresourcesofin-
formationneededforplanning.
Teorganizingfunctionrequirestoprovideasmostunderstandable,complete
andtruthfulinformationaspossible.
Qualitiesofcontrolledinformationarealwaysconnectedwithsubjective
characteristicsbecausetheobjectiveones–accuracy,frequencyandaplaceof
theneedshouldnotbeaproblem.
Tebiggertherangeofthecompany’sactivities,andthelongertheperiodinto
whichtheaccepteddecisionsreach,thebiggertherequirementsforcompetenceof
managementsubjectsthatmakedecisionsandtakeresponsibilityfortheaccepted
decisions.
