Change and Information Value in Military Organizations’ Transformation Processes

Abstract

The external environment to organizations is constantly changing; it is important that organizations adapt to the demands of the present day in order to get the best performance and benefit of their available resources. For this purpose there is the need to begin a process of change in the Portuguese Air Force. The aim of this project was to obtain better information to support decision processes aiming to increase self-awareness, agility, and flexibility of the organization by adapting information systems to strategy. The comparison of the methodology for its implementation on the ground with consolidated and verified theories of change is very important to analyze, in a systematic way, including all the relevant factors to its understanding, and it is also imperative to take into account success or failure issues. This chapter describes the change process, its contributions to improve the value of information, and the role of Academia through conceptual thinking reflected on the work done in master theses.