The information audit: An integrated strategic approach

  • Authors:

  • S. Buchanan;F. Gibb

  • Affiliations:

  • Steven Buchanan is an IT Management Consultant at SMS Consulting Group PTY Ltd, Level 18, West Tower, Southgate, 60 City Road, Southbank, VIC 3006, Australia;Forbes Gibb is with the Department of Information Science, Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde, 26 Richmond Street, Glasgow, G1 1XH, UK

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
  • Year:
  • 1998

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Abstract

Fundamental to the development of an effective information strategy is the recognition of information as a key organisational resource. The role of the information audit is to provide a method for identifying, evaluating, and managing information resources in order to fully exploit the strategic potential of information. In consideration of this strategic role the information audit should provide strategic direction and guidelines for the management of an organisation's information resources. However, a review of existing methods concludes that none provide a comprehensive information auditing solution or completely fulfill this strategic role. Therefore a universal methodology is proposed.