Analytical Culture and Quality of Information in the Activities of the Manager of the Information and Communication Sphere in Ukraine: a roject approach

Abstract

The author considered the information quality as the basis of the analytical culture of the organization. The author presented the concepts of foreign theorists and practitioners in the field of information management. Scientific research
provides the structure that dedicated a few issues. The first task – to represent the basic features of the analytical culture’s specialist in the organization. According to empirical analysis, the author identified such features as “critical thinking”, “creativity”, “competence”, “awareness”, “purposefulness”, “attention to details”, “knowledge of the IT-technologies”. International experience in conceptualizing the information quality requirements became the next important aspect of the research. There are five levels of quality to information flows in management: the ease of obtaining information; the usefulness of the content to information flows; the adequacy of information; the access to information and the interaction between the subjects of information relations. The barriers to obtain valuable information for management decision are the third objective of this scientific issue. The author refers to the main obstacles – information overload and data duplication. The project approach to solving the issue of training specialists in analytical culture is promising for further research. It is necessary to organize the training programs for employees of information centers and the educational programs as the university’s components about analytic culture.