Entry One : Data , Information and Information Management

Hello , 

Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.

Ronald Reagan

As a first learning outcome, we have learnt about the different between data , information and information management. From my understanding , data is the raw facts or materials which is used to input into a computer system . Normally , data can be numbers , characters , image , audio  and video. Data , left by itself , cannot be meaningful .

When data  is organized together as input , the combination of data comes out  as information . In order to get information as a output, data need to be processed by using I-P-O method ( input-processing–output method ). Information is used to persuade and influence people , in decision-makings and as capital resource for information-based products and service . Normally , information has two basic elements . They  are reach and richness. Reach refers to the number of  people , the participants , in sharing information and richness means the quality of information.

                   

Information management is used to manage the use, value and distribution of information. Information management normally contains people , content and technology . Information management is also used to support better decision – making , to improve the efficiency  and productivity , and to faster professionalism in running business.