Significance of Information Management
Infromation Management
Introduction
Information management (IM) is the gathering and management of information from one or several sources then distributing of that information to one or more audiences. It occasionally includes those who have a stake in, or has the right to that information. Management means that the organizing and control over the planning, structure and organisation, controlling, processing, evaluating and reporting of information activities. For this to take place the client objectives need to be met and to allow corporate functions in the delivery of information.
1.1 Information Professionals
Information professional are individual who conserves, organizes, and circulates information. Information professionals are skilled in the organization and recover recorded knowledge. Frequently their work has been on printed documents, but this has moved to electronic, visual, audio, and digital materials. Information professionals work in diverse public, private, non-profit, and academic institutions.
Information Professions are very diverse, namely; Information technology (IT) manager: Individuals who is associated with specific technological concerns, such as computer programs. The central aim of IT manager is to make value through the use of technology such as the use of the internet, intranet and databases. They also need to be acquainted with computer hardware, software, data, networks, programming skills and data centre facilities.
Records Manager: The Records Manager for an organization is the person responsible for the management of records in the organisation. This position has become vastly professional in the recent years.
(AIS301K Only study guide 2007:12)
1.2 Internal and external factors that influence the provision of Information in an Organisation.
Internal Factors
Changes in the external environment influences how things are done in the internal environment which includes the processes, procedures and how information can
Introduction
Information management (IM) is the gathering and management of information from one or several sources then distributing of that information to one or more audiences. It occasionally includes those who have a stake in, or has the right to that information. Management means that the organizing and control over the planning, structure and organisation, controlling, processing, evaluating and reporting of information activities. For this to take place the client objectives need to be met and to allow corporate functions in the delivery of information.
1.1 Information Professionals
Information professional are individual who conserves, organizes, and circulates information. Information professionals are skilled in the organization and recover recorded knowledge. Frequently their work has been on printed documents, but this has moved to electronic, visual, audio, and digital materials. Information professionals work in diverse public, private, non-profit, and academic institutions.
Information Professions are very diverse, namely; Information technology (IT) manager: Individuals who is associated with specific technological concerns, such as computer programs. The central aim of IT manager is to make value through the use of technology such as the use of the internet, intranet and databases. They also need to be acquainted with computer hardware, software, data, networks, programming skills and data centre facilities.
Records Manager: The Records Manager for an organization is the person responsible for the management of records in the organisation. This position has become vastly professional in the recent years.
(AIS301K Only study guide 2007:12)
1.2 Internal and external factors that influence the provision of Information in an Organisation.
Internal Factors
Changes in the external environment influences how things are done in the internal environment which includes the processes, procedures and how information can