Knowledge are essential resources to provide any organization, although obtaining information is not a new phenomenon, every day organizations depend to a greater extent on information as a resource to generate knowledge in order to achieve their goals and objectives, the need to implement information management systems from an organizational perspective.
Refer to the importance of the environment and the organizational culture for the management of information in organizations, the characteristics of the research around the theoretical foundations on, organizational culture and environment in organizations. To understand why the environment within an organization and in its external context, exert influences that affect behavior, and predispose positively or negatively to the fulfillment of the organization's goals; the environment are those factors that can and should influence the decisions that are made within the organization and that are related to everything that surrounds us.
An organization exists within an environment that is composed of several factors (the government or administration, the legal system by which it is governed, the sources of work, suppliers, clients and existing technological status) that can affect the organizational functioning.
The organization must adapt to the changes that occur in the environment in order to survive, so it is significant to take into account the dimensions of the organizational environment. Environments change at different rates, so this relationship is established based on the ability to predict these changes. Environmental uncertainty is a consequence of the inability to establish reliable probabilities for these environmental factors, and of a lack of information about the factors necessary for decision-making and about the costs derived from poor decisions. The organization's environment can be grouped into at least two categories: the macro environment and the work environment.
The macro environment refers to the context of a specific country or geographic area and comprises the forces whose important influence is recognized, albeit indirect, on the organizational characteristics and the performance of the organization.
In the organizational environment, interpersonal and group relationships also influence the resources destined to the creation of facilities for the use of information that enhances an informational culture, information and communication technologies, and the organizational climate derived from culture. organizational character that characterizes the organization.
In the external environment, in addition to the suppliers, there are elements that can be mentioned such as cultural, social, technological, political and economic aspects and that also have a powerful influence on the organization. Information and Communication Technologies and their accelerated development have been a true revolution; new information-knowledge needs, and organizational transformations, establish new policies that significantly impact environments.
Several factors influence the organization's environment, including the administration or government, customers and suppliers, and the tangible and intangible assets that make the organization move.
The culture of an organization is not defined, but comprises a dynamic set of values, ideas, habits and traditions, shared by the people who make up an organization and who regulate their actions within it. They have a powerful influence on the information management process, resources that are essential for decision-making and the achievement of the success of the organization.
