This section gives you tools to discuss the mission and function of your organization and examine how information is used. Taking a look at how your organization uses information to achieve its goals can help you understand the relevance of different types of information to your organization and the processes involved in getting and giving them. It can also help you plan how the Internet can improve these processes.
Information is an important aspect of any type of work.
The farmer needs to know the current prices and availability of specific crops to decide what to cultivate and send to market. The chief executive officer of a corporation must keep informed about competitors' activities, new ways to manufacture and market products, how much customers are paying, and what is and is not selling. The university professor must stay in touch with colleagues and understand what research is taking place in his or her field. All of this information and more can be transmitted via the Internet. In conducting this information-oriented assessment, you will complete a series of exercises.