Making enterprise information management (EIM) work for business
Subtitle: a guide to understanding information as an asset
By: John Ladley
Contributors: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
ISBN-13: 9780123756954
Subjects: Computer networks; Business enterprises; Management; Information technology; Management information systems
Description: Organizations of all types struggle with information. Millions of dollars are spent on ERP applications to integrate data and yet this data still isn't accessible or relevant. Emails contain hidden liabilities. Safety manuals endanger workers. Worse, there is data and information being created and handled in every nook and cranny of large organizations, well out of view of formal oversight, but within view of customers and regulators. Thus far, any efforts to wrestle the "data-beast" to the ground have failed, and there exists a profound need for all levels of business management, not just IT, to understand the risks, challenges, and subsequent remediation value of treating information as a real asset. Making Enterprise Information Management (EIM) Work for Business educates executives and middle management in a way that speaks to business issues and solves business problems. The book is divided into two parts, the first of which defines EIM, addresses why it is required, and identifies the business issues surrounding it. The second part acts as a field guide, or "how-to" that explains how EIM can be worked into any organization via various methodologies, techniques, templates, and business case studies. *Organizes information modularly, so you can delve directly into the topics that you need to understand *Based in reality with practical case studies and a focus on getting the job done, even when confronted with tight budgets, resistant stakeholders, and security and compliance issues. *Includes applicatory templates, examples, and advice for executing every step of an EIM program.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Part 1 - The Executive's Guide to Enterprise Information Management: The Road to Managing; title: Chapter 1 - Introduction and Background; title: Chapter 2 - EIM the business program; title: Chapter 3 - Application of EIM; title: Chapter 4 - Executing EIM��; title: Chapter 5 - Sustaining EIM; title: Chapter 6 - Summary; title: Part 2 - The Manager's Field Guide for Managing Information Assets: A Program for Enterprise Information Management; title: Chapter 7 - Introduction and Background; title: Chapter 8 - Designing EIM - Translating business alignment into a roadmap for success; title: Chapter 9 - Sustaining EIM; title: Chapter 10 - The Process to the Programs.