Information is needed for decision making at all levels of the management. Discuss the various factors, which affect the information need of an organization.

Following are the factors which affect the information need of an organization: Management Hierarchy: Management Hierarchy plays an important role in deciding the information need of a user. Information need of TOP management will be entirely different from the information needs of Operational Management. Purpose of seeking Information: The information needs depends on the purpose of seeking information. If a person wants to invest in a company, he/she will be interested about the financial statement of the company. Role in the Organization: Information need of a person also depends on the role of the concerned user. The information needs of different stakeholder in the organization will be different. For example, an employee of the organization will be interested in knowing about the company wage policy. He will have no interest in knowing company policy on market segmentation.