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Unit 14: Information Planning and Management

Notes

Debate on Managing information—based resources is now widely recognised in
industry and government. Do you agree?

14.7 Summary

• Information planning and management can be applied to many business use cases, including:
data consolidation, file reporting, storage optimization and backup search and recovery.
• Information management covers a widerange of activities.
• Managing information-based resources is now widely recognized in industry and government
to be as critical as managing financial and human resources.
• Planning for information and information technology assures that information systems will
meet future operational requirements.
• Information is the vital input into any active management strategy.

14.8 Keywords

Information : Is the vital input to any active management strategy.
Information Analysis : Can determine whether information is valuable on the upside, the down
side, or both.

14.9 Review Questions

1. Where do you apply Information planning and management?
2. Managing information-based resources is now widely recognized in industry and
government. Do you agree?

Answers: Self Assessment

1. Data consolidation 2. Information 3. Planning
4. Evaluating 5. 1970s.

14.10 Further Readings

Saracevic, T and Wood JS: Consolidation of information: A Handbook of evaluation,
Restructuring and Repackaging of Scientific and technical Information, Paris: UNESCO,
1981.
Seetharama, S. Information consolidation and Repackaging, New Delhi. ESS ESS 1997.
Atherton, P. Handbook of information systems and services. Paris: UNESCO, 1977.

Online links https://www.rimp.gov.ab.ca/publications/pdf/IMPlanningGuide.pdf
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/activemanagement.asp#axzz1ji0rJ4I7

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