Strategic Information Management (SIM): A Practitioner's Guide (Chandos Information Professional Series) [Paperback]

Jela Webb (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1843343762 | ISBN-13: 978-1843343769 | Publication Date: July 1, 2008 | Edition: 1

This practically-written resource provides information professionals with guidance for successfully implementing an information management initiative in their work setting. Author Jela Webb covers all of the key issues in this one-stop guide to strategic information management, including how to develop strategic awareness, formulate information strategies and compliant policies, and conduct an information audit. Each section includes a practice exercise to help you reinforce important concepts and apply them in real life. The authors clear, concise style and emphasis on practical application will equip readers to effectively manage information in their own institutions.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The book is concise and can be a good pre-course reading to business and information systems students ... The language is also very readable. --International Journal of Information Management, Volume 29 (2009)

After finishing the book and absorbing its contents, my ever expanding knowledge information history was much richer...delivers something of a coup...I thoroughly recommend it. --Legal Information Management, Vol 9, 2009

About the Author

Jela Webb has an MBA, MSc and ACIB. She is a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Brighton, London Metropolitan University and Regent's Business School. She lectures on SIM and also runs her own consultancy, Azione, providing strategic advice to businesses wishing to implement information and knowledge management programmes. She has written and presented widely on information and knowledge management, participated in associated research programmes and was one of the first UK post-graduate students to be awarded an MSc in Information and Knowledge Management.

Product Details

• Paperback: 230 pages
• Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers; 1 edition (July 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1843343762
• ISBN-13: 978-1843343769
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,047,842 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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