STRUCTURING AN INFORMATION-FLOW FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

Currently we are witnessing a substantial diffusion of mathematical modelling methods from the so-called hard sciences to the socio-economic and life sciences. The general thesis that more mathematical modelling is appropriate for the study of organization is shared by many authors. In this paper an attempt has been made to show how mathematical tools can be used in the analysis of an information flow in the functioning of autonomous groups. Such analysis helps us to understand the role of certain parameters describing group external and internal environments in an information flow evaluation. The analysis presented is descriptive in nature and provides some useful IF ... THEN ... rules describing group functioning in various decision situations. The rules obtained are in conformity with our intuition, they account for some facts observed in real life, and can be used to support decision-making in the process of structuring an information flow between a group and its external environment, as well as information exchange within a group (between group members). An illustrative example is included to demonstrate the relation between the concepts presented and real situations.