scholarly journals Final Evaluation Report for the Sandia National Laboratories Recorded Information Management Training Program

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee Black
Author(s):  
Elliot E. Entin ◽  
Eileen B. Entin ◽  
Kathy Hess

A behaviorally-oriented information management training program was designed to help information managers cope effectively and efficiently with large volumes of incoming information. The information management program was evaluated with a posttest-only control group design. Participants performed a situation assessment task by monitoring email traffic to assess an evolving situation and make reports to a commanding officer. As hypothesized participants receiving training were better able than controls to integrate the critical information in the messages and this was reflected in the quality of their situation assessments, which were superior to those of controls. Moreover, trained participants opened significantly higher percentage of critical and relevant messages and a smaller percentage of noncritical messages than controls. The information management training program was deemed a success.


Author(s):  
Eileen B. Entin ◽  
Elliot E. Entin ◽  
Kathleen P. Hess

Effective information management skills are critical as we become more and more inundated with huge amounts of information. Drawing on applied research on information processing and situation assessment, we designed an information management training program based on the premises that 1) training in the identification of one's own information requirements will help decision makers recognize their critical information needs and focus on needed rather than surplus information, and 2) enhancement of organizational knowledge will provide decision makers with a clearer understanding of the needs and capabilities of other nodes in the organization. We developed an information management training program comprised of written and demonstration materials based on the mnemonic MISSION that was designed to help individuals identify and focus on the information needs for their mission and tasks. We conducted an evaluation of the training program and concluded that we needed to focus more strongly on behavioral rather than conceptual components of information processing. We also concluded that, to be useful, organizational knowledge needs to be integrated with the information management training.


Author(s):  
Paul J. Turnbull ◽  
Tim McSweeney ◽  
Russell Webster ◽  
Mark Edmunds ◽  
Mike Hough

1985 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Israel ◽  
S. LaFountain ◽  
M. Hogan ◽  
J. Rub

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Ambrosi ◽  
Ronald J. Bottomly ◽  
Paul A. Olson ◽  
Shawn M. Rovansek ◽  
Frank Belvin

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah M. Clawson ◽  
Michael J. Oehler ◽  
Shawn M. Rovansek

2007 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben S. Gerber ◽  
Marla C. Solomon ◽  
Tracie L. Shaffer ◽  
Michael T. Quinn ◽  
Rebecca B. Lipton

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