Managing knowledge-based complexities through combined uses of Internet technologies

Cécile Godé () and Pierre Barbaroux
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Cécile Godé: CReA - Centre de Recherche de l'École de l'air - Armée de l'air et de l'espace

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Abstract: This chapter introduces a theoretical framework to study how Internet technologies provide organizations with additional capabilities to handle various forms of communication and decision-making complexities. In particular we investigate how specific use-based combinations of Internet technologies emerge within operational contexts. Principal illustrations are drawn from the U.S. military uses of Tactical Internet during recent operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Military contexts offer relevant illustrations of organizations that use Internet within complex decision environments for which short-term responsiveness and tactical adaptability are critical. Within this framework, we discuss the conditions for which combined uses generate additional value for organizations, and we underline the active role play by final users in exploiting the benefits of Tactical Internet. Finally, we examine their additional value in the formulation of an effective technological strategy.

Keywords: Decision making; Knowledge sharing; Military organization; IT management; Internet technologies; Organizational complexity; Combined uses (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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Published in Ettore Bolisani. Building the Knowledge Society on the Internet: Sharing and Exchanging Knowledge in Networked Environments, IDEA Group Pubishing, pp.241-259, 2008

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