Information Asset Management

11What Is the Impact of Behaviour on the Way Information Assets Are Managed?

DOI: 10.4324/9781003439141-11

Introduction

In Chapter 10 we:

• highlighted the role of the Information Technology (IT) team as a critical business partner and enabler;
• cautioned against asking the IT team to do things that they are not measured on, not paid to do and are simply incapable of doing; and
• showed how intuitive, easy-to-use IT encourages and supports good Information Asset behaviour.

In this chapter we will discuss:

• the impact of organisational politics and human behaviour on the information culture of the organisation;
• Information Asset ownership behaviours; and
• Information Asset sharing behaviours, including
  • information hoarding that leads to ...