Information Asset Management

Why You Must Manage Your Data, Information and Knowledge the Way You Manage Your Money

James Price, Nina Evans

• Publisher: Productivity Press
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9781003812043
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

Organisations are using data, information and knowledge as a competitive weapon. Their data, information and knowledge are arguably their most valuable assets. Yet, this fourth asset is managed badly when compared to the other three assets, namely money, people and infrastructure with considerable risk to the organisation. Executives are accountable for the success of their organisations, and those who don't manage this critical resource and business enabler effectively can be regarded as negligent. Information Assets carry enormous risk and value. Most boards and executives don't know how to govern and manage IAs effectively and nobody is held accountable. Given this, organisations should govern and manage their Information Assets the way they manage their Financial Assets. The benefits of managing IAs well are compelling. These benefits include increased efficiency, productivity, employee satisfaction, improved decision-making, mitigating business risk and improving product, protecting corporate reputation and service delivery. Drawing on ground-breaking research, this book explains why Information Assets are so important to organisations and the barriers to managing them well.

This book is unique in the sense that it takes a fresh look at this topic, is based on experience and research, and includes interviews from more than 70 industry leaders. In short, this book is written by executives and explains where to start.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Endorsements
• Half-Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• About the Authors
• Chapter 1 What Do Organisations Do and How Do They Do It?
• Chapter 2 What Are Your Information Assets and Why Are They Important to You?
• Chapter 3 What Is Preventing You from Governing and Managing Your Information Assets Well?
• Chapter 4 Which Areas Should You Focus on to Manage Your Information Assets Well?: A Holistic Model for Doing So
• Chapter 5 What Is the Business Impact of How You Manage Your Information Assets?
• Chapter 6 How Important Is Executive Awareness?
• Chapter 7 Why Is the Governance and Management of Your Business So Important?
• Chapter 8 What Is the Role of Leadership and Management in Encouraging Good Information Asset Practices?
• Chapter 9 What Is Required to Govern and Manage Your Information Assets Well?
• Chapter 10 What Is the Contribution of Your Information Technology?
• Chapter 11 What Is the Impact of Behaviour on the Way Information Assets Are Managed?
• Chapter 12 What Is Information Asset Quality and Why Is It So Important?
• Chapter 13 What Is Required to Leverage and Exploit Your Information Assets?
• Chapter 14 Why Is Justifying Investment in the Effective Management of Your Information Assets So Difficult?
• Chapter 15 How Does the Effective Management of Your Information Assets Support the Digital Transformation of Your Organisation?
• Chapter 16 What You Can Do
• Index