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Information Asset Management
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Information Asset Management

by James Price, Nina Evans
January 2024
Intermediate to advanced
212 pages
5h 5m
English
Productivity Press
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6How Important Is Executive Awareness?

DOI: 10.4324/9781003439141-6

Introduction

In Chapter 5 we explored the various types of business impact associated with the management of Information Assets, namely:

  • risk;
  • cost;
  • value;
  • benefit; and
  • ethics.

We saw that managing Information Assets well can deliver very significant tangible, positive business outcomes whereas managing them badly can carry unacceptable risk and have unpleasant consequences.

In this chapter we will look at why the executive’s awareness of the importance of Information Assets to their organisations is critical to how those Information Assets are managed and the business implications that ensue.

Executive Overview

The executive awareness domain assesses the extent ...

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