Information Overload: The Army's Failure to Manage a Resource.

摘要

Information is a valuable resource of Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA). This fact is evidenced by HQDA's extensive reporting requirements levied on the field, its many complex management information systems, and its large investment in data processing equipment, software, and personnel. In fact, the primary function of HQDA, as the major planning and resource management activity of the Army, is centered about the acquisition, distribution, processing, storage, use, and dissemination of information. This paper explores the Army's attempts to manage its information systems as a valuable resource; provides a historical perspective on the subject; examines the Army's present information management systems; and, supplies some insight on the future of information resource management in the Army. The paper concludes that in the past three decades the Army's top management has not been sincerly committed to the development of an Information Resource Management program.