Information Management

Code:

CINF012

Acronym:

GI

Instance: 2009/2010 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Informatics Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor of Arts in Information Science

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CINF	37	Plano Oficial a partir de 2008/2009	3	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course seeks to engage students in a thorough study of the concepts of organization theory and their application to information management issues within organizations of several types, covering political and information strategy matters. Students are introduced to a range of information types and concepts as well as techniques which may occur within organizational information resource management.

Program

Information strategies; information systems strategies; change management.
Information management and information work: the information life-cycle; information as resource and the value of information.
Information audits, communication audits and information mapping.
Organizational culture; organizational information policy.

Mandatory literature

Wilson, T. D.; Information management
Michael Lesk; understanding digital libraries, Morgan Kaufman, 2004
Kirk, Joyce ; Information in Organisations, Directions for Information Management., 1999
IB Proceedings; Information for business, the business of Information, 1987
Broady-Preston J. ; Haywrd T.; Strategy, Information Processing and scorecard models , 2001
Chu, Choo Wein ; Information Research
Huotari, Maija-Leena; Wilson; Determining Organizational Information Needs, 2001
Wilson ; Information Needs and Uses. In Fifty Years of Information Progress., 1994

Complementary Bibliography

Davenport, L.; Information Management: an Educational Perspective, International Journal of Information Management, 1988
Catela; Information as a Corporate Asset. Information and Management., 1981
Towards a flexible information architecture., Journal of Information Systems., 1993
Ellis, D.; Information management and information work

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical exposition
Discussion of texts which present specific approaches and methodologies
Case simulations
Case studies

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	52,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Participation in practical work carried out in class, considered as distributed evaluation.

Calculation formula of final grade

10% for distributed evaluation and 90% for final paper.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Cases studies to be solved in group work and related to the diferent main subjects.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Final paper and individual resolution of all case studies

Classification improvement

Theoretical Exam.

Observations

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