Some Questions of Modelling and the Simulation of Information Management in Military Environment

Absztrakt

Information management is a management process of taking advantage of the potential of the information provided by the right delivery in an organisation. In competitive environment, it may result in information superiority, and all systems can experience overall resource savings while having the right Information Management.
Although “the proof of the pudding is in the eating”, some organisations like military ones cannot afford to make experiments with management processes, otherwise it is easy to pay dearly for a mistake with precious human lives. Modelling is a good tool to describe, under-stand, and develop a system. Simulation is an activity that gives the possibility to estimate the efficiency of an idea or a new system.
How is it possible to model and simulate an Information Management system? What is the environment like and what kind of factors must be taken into consideration? This paper raises questions about this problem. The author is doing a wider research about the possibilities of Information Management in the Hungarian Defence Forces, supported by information technology and the questions raised in this paper may constitute a significant part of it.