1) Sequence of events, from the generation of information by the sender, to its capture / assimilation / acceptance by the receiver, generating knowledge both individually and in the group involved in the process, when applicable. Although the flow of information represents the intention to transmit content, its scope also contemplates the innovation of a state of knowledge of individuals in the context in question. |
Barreto (1998BARRETO, Aldo. Mudança estrutural no fluxo de conhecimento: a comunicação eletrônica. Ciência da Informação, Brasília, v. 27, n. 2, 1998.). |
2) "Transmission of data or data set through administrative units [...], organizations and professionals, [...] to someone who needs them." |
Jamil (2001JAMIL, George Leal. Repensando a TI na empresa moderna. Rio de Janeiro: Axcel Books, 2001., p.165). |
3) It consists of the activity of identifying needs and information requirements, which act as drivers of the process, which can establish a continuous cycle of collection, treatment, distribution / storage and use to feed the organization's decision-making and / or operational processes, and takes also offering information for the external environment. |
Beal (2004BEAL, Adriana. Gestão estratégica da informação: como transformar a informação e a tecnologia da informação em fatores de crescimento de alto desempenho nas organizações. São Paulo: Atlas, 2004. p. 137.). |
4) Natural component of the integration of production chains, which, if lacking in quality, causes failures. |
Jacoski (2005). |
5) "Dynamics of the information dissemination process, which has the function of mediating the communication processes." |
Altíssimo (2009, p.45). |
6) "[...] a channel - tangible or intangible, formal or informal, permanent or sporadic, constant or intermittent -, constituted by the circulation of information that flows from a certain origin, usually a support / individual, towards a destination of storage / processing, and this flow may be reversed until the objectives initially established are achieved." |
Garcia and Fadel (2010, p.218). |
7) "Information flows allow the establishment of the stages of obtaining, treating, storing, distributing, disseminating and using information in the organizational context." |
Vital, Floriani and Varvakis (2010, p. 86). |
8) It comprises the phenomenon of information between human beings, in which a source that generates or transmits information, a transfer channel and a recipient or receiver of a message with a meaning converge. |
North and Presser (2011). |
9) "The flow of information is a communication process with the intentionality of the information phenomenon, it does not aim only at a passage, and when reaching the target audience, the flow changes the current stage of the human condition. This development is passed on to its living space Such a space can be expressed in a networked social structure." |
Sugahara and Vergueiro (2013, p.78). |
10) "The information flow is a dynamic communication process that takes place in informational environments, with the objective of transmitting information, with added value, from one sender to one receiver or multiple receivers, aiming to respond to the most complex informational needs and enabling the generation of knowledge." |
Araújo, Silva and Varvakis (2017, p.60) |
11) "It is a process whose dynamics involve a succession of events, involving a starting point, a message and a destination for information in a continuous cycle, which depends on a mechanics that involves a set of elements (information sources and channels, actors and technologies) and influential aspects (information needs, barriers, speed of information, facilitators, and presence on the network)." |
Inomata (2017INOMATA, Danielly Oliveira. Redes colaborativas em ambientes de inovação: uma análise dos fluxos de informação. 2017. Tese (Doutorado em Ciência da Informação) Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação, 421 f. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, 2017., p.298) |