# 🛡️ Narrative Information Management

**Richard J. Cordes, Shaun Applegate-Swanson, Daniel A. Friedman, Virginia Bleu Knight, Alexandra Mikhailova** (2021) · *Zenodo*

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## Abstract

> This paper proposes Narrative Information Management (NIM) as a framework to address information-related challenges across various fields by facilitating knowledge exchange and synthesis. It aims to unify diverse disciplines facing similar issues in organizational sensemaking and offers recommendations for future research.

## Keywords

`Narrative Information Management` · `NIM` · `collective sensemaking` · `knowledge management` · `information systems` · `cognitive load` · `interdisciplinary synthesis`

## Key Contributions

- Introduces Narrative Information Management (NIM) as a unifying framework for information dynamics.
- Identifies common features of effective information systems across various disciplines.
- Explores insights and solutions from eclectic fields facing information challenges.
- Provides recommendations for future research directions in information management.

## Methods

- Conducts a literature review on information-focused disciplines to identify impactful system features.
- Analyzes challenges faced by various fields in managing information and sensemaking.
- Synthesizes common features of NIM systems from diverse domains.
- Explores domain-specific challenges and ad-hoc solutions related to information dynamics.

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## Citation

```bibtex
@article{2021_NarrativeInformationMgmt,
  author = {Richard J. Cordes, Shaun Applegate-Swanson, Daniel A. Friedman, Virginia Bleu Knight, Alexandra Mikhailova},
  title = {{Narrative Information Management}},
  journal = {Zenodo},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.5573287},
}
```

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