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The 16 page paper is written in five sections and looks at the subject of information management. The first section considers the way in which the management of information has changed in recent years and the way it has developed into knowledge management. The second section discusses the way that information flows through a company and the way that it is managed to create useful knowledge. The third section discusses the practical management of information including its collection and storage and what can go wrong with the process. Before section discusses the way that information systems can help companies effectively meet strategic and operational objectives. The last section discusses some of the potential challenges that information management will face in the future. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
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16 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TS14_TEinfoman.rtf
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emphasis on the collection of information with the motivation for it to be used as input into the decision-making process. Information was gathered regarding the external environment, such as competitors
and the economy as well is the internal environment such as productivity and employee morale1. The information would be gathered from a range of sources and could include anecdotal evidence
and written reports (Thompson, 2005). A major change has occurred since the computer revolution; this has facilitated improved levels of communication and access to information with an increasing level of
ease (Galliers and Leidner, 2003). Today, information which is valuable to the organization may be created internally or bought from external providers,
such as research agencies. Information is also becoming more accessible from a wide variety of means and sources. For example, in addition to research agencies an organization may choose to
gather competitive intelligence from numerous public sources including the internet (Galliers and Leidner, 2003). One of the main changes has been the
way in which information management is perceived. This was once a task undertaken by individuals within different roles; in the past it was not the responsibility of a single person.
At most there would be network with an IT manager. With increasing levels of information demanded and used there are more information management professionals than ever before. However, the main
change is not simply in the perception of information, it is in the way that information is managed once it is in the company (Applegate et al, 2005).
This change perception alters the way that information is converted into knowledge; information management is becoming knowledge management. Levinson (2005) is keen to point out
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