Implications and effectiveness of information management while restructuring an organisation
- Authors: Gobey, Michelle
- Date: 2008-07-14T11:22:52Z
- Subjects: Information resource management , Organisational change
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:10493 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/798
- Description: This research paper undertakes to outline factors of Information Management that organisations should consider when attempting a restructuring process. Conversely, valuable information and knowledge are often mislaid, overlooked or discarded to the eventual detriment of an organisation during the processes of downsizing, rightsizing, restructuring, reorganisation, reengineering, transformation or change. In the global economy organisations are always striving to keep ahead of competition and ultimately to improve their net profit. Information is at the very core of any organisation, its ads value, structure and power to an organisation. Information Management assists with the locating, storing and use of corporate information. A means of controlling and structuring corporate information is via the use of the Information Management elements. A case study using an organisation that is in the process of change and transformation was performed. Potential loss of knowledge and information was identified and examined. The organisation’s implementation of an information portal was highlighted as an effective way to minimise the loss of knowledge and information during the period of change. , Professor A.S.A. du Toit
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Information audit as a management tool at a teachers training college
- Authors: Gxwati, Ntombizandile Irene
- Date: 2009-01-12T07:23:52Z
- Subjects: Information audits , Information resource management , Teachers colleges , Cicira College of Education
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:14783 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/1860
- Description: M.Inf. , Information is a vital resource for every enterprise for innovation and effective decision-making. In other words, information is vital in all spheres of national development. It is vital for development planning and for building an internationally competitive economy. People need information to participate in a democratic process and thus without information the best and most idealistically development plans are likely to fail. As a result of the importance of information in an enterprise, it requires to be managed effectively in order to establish whether the information assets of a particular enterprise are in line with business objectives or not. Information auditing techniques such as InfoMapp have been developed in order to guide an auditor on how to go about auditing information resources of a particular enterprise. Cicira College is a teacher’s training college and its information assets need to be managed and audited like other resources. Hence this study has been undertaken to establish whether the information assets available at Cicira College meet its goals and objectives. The InfoMapp method developed by Burk and Horton has been used to conduct the information audit at Cicira College. This technique has been chosen because of its ability to match the information assets with strategic planning.
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