An evaluation on information management: A case study of a national public organization

As the business environment nowadays faces stiff competition and as information and communication technology increase in sophistication and complexity, organizations are facing even more challenges and difficulties in managing information. Therefore, it is vital for organizations to evaluate their i...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hassan, Suhaidi, Abu Bakar, Juliana Aida, Omar, Mohd Hasbullah, Mohamed Tahir, Hatim, Abu Seman, Mohamad Amir
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2005
Subjects:
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/473/1/an_evaluation_on_information_management.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/473/
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.uum.repo.473
record_format eprints
spelling my.uum.repo.4732010-10-10T04:18:18Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/473/ An evaluation on information management: A case study of a national public organization Hassan, Suhaidi Abu Bakar, Juliana Aida Omar, Mohd Hasbullah Mohamed Tahir, Hatim Abu Seman, Mohamad Amir T Technology (General) As the business environment nowadays faces stiff competition and as information and communication technology increase in sophistication and complexity, organizations are facing even more challenges and difficulties in managing information. Therefore, it is vital for organizations to evaluate their information management on regular basis in order to gain competitive advantages. This paper presents an overview of an evaluation on information management involving information storage, information processing, and information retrieval in a national public organization. The primary data was collected by means of field visits, series of observation and semi-structured interviews with key personnel of the organization. This paper also discusses on complications encountered when having different systems with different platforms, information security considerations when dealing with ISs and technologies outsourcing projects, and consequences of having very dependent on outside vendors. It further suggests several recommendations to improve the information management of such organization. 2005 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/473/1/an_evaluation_on_information_management.pdf Hassan, Suhaidi and Abu Bakar, Juliana Aida and Omar, Mohd Hasbullah and Mohamed Tahir, Hatim and Abu Seman, Mohamad Amir (2005) An evaluation on information management: A case study of a national public organization. In: National Conference on Management of Technology and Technology Entrepreneurship (MOTTE 2005), 31st May-2nd June 2005, Puteri Pan Pacific Hotel, Johor. (Unpublished)
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
building UUM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Utara Malaysia
content_source UUM Institutionali Repository
url_provider http://repo.uum.edu.my/
language English
topic T Technology (General)
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
Hassan, Suhaidi
Abu Bakar, Juliana Aida
Omar, Mohd Hasbullah
Mohamed Tahir, Hatim
Abu Seman, Mohamad Amir
An evaluation on information management: A case study of a national public organization
description As the business environment nowadays faces stiff competition and as information and communication technology increase in sophistication and complexity, organizations are facing even more challenges and difficulties in managing information. Therefore, it is vital for organizations to evaluate their information management on regular basis in order to gain competitive advantages. This paper presents an overview of an evaluation on information management involving information storage, information processing, and information retrieval in a national public organization. The primary data was collected by means of field visits, series of observation and semi-structured interviews with key personnel of the organization. This paper also discusses on complications encountered when having different systems with different platforms, information security considerations when dealing with ISs and technologies outsourcing projects, and consequences of having very dependent on outside vendors. It further suggests several recommendations to improve the information management of such organization.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Hassan, Suhaidi
Abu Bakar, Juliana Aida
Omar, Mohd Hasbullah
Mohamed Tahir, Hatim
Abu Seman, Mohamad Amir
author_facet Hassan, Suhaidi
Abu Bakar, Juliana Aida
Omar, Mohd Hasbullah
Mohamed Tahir, Hatim
Abu Seman, Mohamad Amir
author_sort Hassan, Suhaidi
title An evaluation on information management: A case study of a national public organization
title_short An evaluation on information management: A case study of a national public organization
title_full An evaluation on information management: A case study of a national public organization
title_fullStr An evaluation on information management: A case study of a national public organization
title_full_unstemmed An evaluation on information management: A case study of a national public organization
title_sort evaluation on information management: a case study of a national public organization
publishDate 2005
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/473/1/an_evaluation_on_information_management.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/473/
_version_ 1644277801124102144
score 13.211869