Question 1: Information Management is a new specialty in the area of technology and information sciences. What can you say about this new specialty and how it is different from other specialties in terms of its focus, concerns, goals, and stages of development (5 Marks)?
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b) Maintaining, archiving, and destroying data/information is one of the processes in the information life cycle when managing information in organizations. Explain how these activities are conducted by information management workers and whether using information systems and technology alone is enough to accomplish the objectives of these activities, and if not, what else information management units need to consider to undertake these activities (5 Marks)?
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Question 2: Information management strategy is an important requirement to have quality information management practices in an organization. Based on your knowledge of this part in the course and your experience of reviewing and summarizing a published information strategy, how does an organization achieve the best of having an information management strategy, taking into consideration the following points when answering this question: success factors, monitoring and auditing, and barriers for formulating and implementing information management strategies? (5 Marks)
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