Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives At the completion of this subject students should understand the typology, properties and behaviour of information as data, document and record, and the relevance of the principles of data management, document management and records management to managing stored information; know information science principles, including models of information transfer and use, and human communication processes; and know basic classification, indexing and appraisal theories.
Synopsis This subject provides an introduction to the interdisciplinary perspectives, theoretical understandings and knowledge base necessary to practise in the information management profession. It draws on the principles of information science to study information from its generation to its exploitation. It explores interdisciplinary perspectives on the properties, behaviour and management of information as data, document and record. It provides students with an opportunity to explore the nature of human communication, particularly in a corporate environment. It considers the characteristics of a document or record as captured communication, as well as stored information. It explores the pluralistic uses of information in the context of social and business activity. It also brings a recordkeeping dimension to information management, widening the traditional focus on the information transfer model to consider process models for capturing complete, accurate, reliable and useable records of social and business activity as evidence of that activity.
Assessment Examination (2 hours): 50% + Assignment work: 50%