Coping with Misinformation

Abstract

The management of all kinds of projects is dogged by bad information. The difficulties of getting good information are such that many project managers abandon all attempts to plan and monitor their projects, while still going through whatever motions their company requires. Looks at the causes of misinformation in project teams, and at what the managers of such teams can do to decrease either the quantity or the negative consequences of such misinformation. Based on the accounts of 150 project managers of why they themselves have given misinformation on occasions.

Citation

Sims, D. (1993), "Coping with Misinformation", Management Decision, Vol. 31 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/00251749310041779