Information Asset Management

9What Is Required to Govern and Manage Your Information Assets Well?

DOI: 10.4324/9781003439141-9

Introduction

In Chapter 8 we addressed:

• the role that leadership and management takes in encouraging good Information Asset management behaviour and discouraging bad practices; and
• how to create the corporate discipline required to manage data, information and knowledge as a strategic business asset.

In this chapter we look at governance and management of the organisation’s Information Assets.

Executive Overview

Only with appropriate Information Asset governance (management policies and other instruments) will these assets be managed effectively. Those who provide business governance through monitoring and control of the organisation, ...