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MGMT8560|
Information Management|
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Semester 1, 2011Crawley |
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Professor Peter Goldschmidt|
Business School www.business.uwa.edu.au * This Unit Outline should be read in conjunction with the Business School Unit Outline Supplement available on the Current Students web site http://www.business.uwa.edu.au/students
MGMT8560/Crawley/PG/14.01.11
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UNIT DESCRIPTION
Introduction
Welcome to Information Management MGMT8560. This unit examines the relationship between information and communication technologies and the management of organisational information and knowledge.
A firm’s information and knowledge resources are recognised as being fundamental to success in the knowledge-based economy and it is therefore imperative that managers can develop successful strategies for managing corporate knowledge. To do this, managers need to be conversant with the role and rapidly evolving capabilities of various information and communications technologies and applications which can facilitate the development and integration of knowledge assets - embodied in people, databases, raw products and processes.
As a field of study, knowledge management has it roots in several disciplines including information systems,