Lecture Business management information system - Lecture 17: Managing information. This chapter presents the following content: Managing information and types of information, data warehouses and managing data warehouses, document management, content management, case studies. | Managing Information Lecture 17 Today’s Lecture We will cover today, Managing Information and types of information Data Warehouses and Managing Data Warehouses Document Management Content Management Case Studies Managing Information Once enterprises get their data into shape, that data can more easily be turned into information “Information is power.” “We are in the Information Age.” These and similar statements would lead you to believe that managing information is a key corporate activity Managing Information Technology = infrastructure; Asset = information that runs on that infrastructure It also raises a number of management issues Managing Information Four Types of Information In Figure 7-3 we looked at a matrix representing the full scope of data information resources: Internal record-based information, such as those found in databases Which we discussed in detail but there are others: Internal document-based information, such as reports, opinions, e-mails and proposals. . | Managing Information Lecture 17 Today’s Lecture We will cover today, Managing Information and types of information Data Warehouses and Managing Data Warehouses Document Management Content Management Case Studies Managing Information Once enterprises get their data into shape, that data can more easily be turned into information “Information is power.” “We are in the Information Age.” These and similar statements would lead you to believe that managing information is a key corporate activity Managing Information Technology = infrastructure; Asset = information that runs on that infrastructure It also raises a number of management issues Managing Information Four Types of Information In Figure 7-3 we looked at a matrix representing the full scope of data information resources: Internal record-based information, such as those found in databases Which we discussed in detail but there are others: Internal document-based information, such as reports, opinions, e-mails and proposals. Pertains to concepts: ideas, thoughts, etc. External/record-based information, such as acquisition from external databases. External/document-based: WWW Managing Information Four Types of Information cont. Internal record-based information was the original focus of IS departments because it is the type of information that computer applications generate and manage easily External record-based = accessible via Internet or public databases Including subscription Managing Information Four Types of Information cont. Until recently = little attention to internal and external document-based information because it was so difficult to manipulate in computers Intranets changed this Documents = integral part of information on these sites Responsibility = now on IS, even if just for technical issues Four areas were responsibility of different areas but now IS is likely to be involved in some way Managing Information Data Warehouses Data warehouse: Houses data used to make decisions This data is .
