Monday 6 November 2017

CHAPTER 6

VALUING ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION

ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION



INFORMATION GRANULARITIES

THE VALUE OF TRANSACTIONAL AND ANALYTICAL INFORMATION

  • Transactional information – encompasses all of the information contained within a single business process or unit of work, and its primary purpose is to support the performing of daily operational tasks
  • Analytical information – encompasses all organizational information, and its primary purpose is to support the performing of managerial analysis tasks


TRANSACTIONAL INFORMATION:
  • E.g. withdrawing cash from an ATM, making an airline reservation, purchasing stocks 
  • Compile a list of additional transactional information examples 
  • These could include daily sales, hourly employee payroll, product orders, shipping an order

ANALYTICAL INFORMATION:

  • Also includes external organizational information such as market, industry, and economic conditions 
  • Analytical information is used to make ad-hoc decision. 
  • E.g. trends, sales, product statistics, and future growth projections 
  • Compile a list of additional analytical information examples 
  • These could include cost/benefit analysis, sales forecast, market trends, industry trends, and regulations

THE VALUE OF TIMELY INFORMATION

THE VALUE OF QUALITY INFORMATION

CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGH QUALITY INFORMATION



THE VALUE OF QUALITY INFORMATION

}Low quality information example

UNDERSTANDING THE COSTS OF POOR INFORMATION


UNDERSTANDING THE BENEFITS OF GOOD INFORMATION


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