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ERIC Number: EJ481931
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0066-4200
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Environmental Scanning: Acquisition and Use of Information by Managers.
Choo, Chun Wei; Auster, Ethel
Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), v28 p279-314 1993
Defines environmental scanning as the acquisition and use of information about an organization's external environment to assist managers in planning. Highlights include a historical review; organizational theories; information needs and uses; managers as information users; and a review of research on environmental scanning. (Contains 124 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Administrators, Environmental Scanning, Information Needs, Information Utilization, Literature Reviews, Organizational Theories, Planning, Users (Information)
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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