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CHAPTER 1:
OVERVIEW OF INFORMATION, Information defined as organized or…
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Information defined as organized or structured data, which has been processed in such a way that the information as relevance for a specific purpose or context, and is therefore meaningful, valuable,useful and relevant.
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- Difficult to determine the relevent information from the irrelevant.
- Feel amazed by the amount of information available.
- Does not know the existence of certain information.
- Does not understand the available information.
- Spending less time on gaining information that is nice to know and more time on things that we need to know now.
- Focusing on quality of information, rather than quantity.
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- Learn how to create better information, be direct with people.
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- Relevant- related to the business at hand.
- Timely- be available when needed
- Accurate & Complete- accessible and right information
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- Reduces Uncertainty- meet the user's requirement.
- Irrelevant- having a little value when it is too old
- Swamping - too voluminous
- Unclear- not well presented
- Not all there- incomplete information
Unwritten, unspoken & hidden knowledge held by human being, based on her/his emotions, experiences, insights.
Articulated knowledge, expressed and recorded as words, numbers, codes, mathematical and science formulae.
- Able to find information in variety formats
- Able to find information in variety of sources.
- Able to find information within the sources
- Better research should lead to more success in studies thus increasing the retention rates of students.
- Students able to find, evaluate and synthesize information thus developing critical thinking skills.
- Determine extent of information needed.
- Access the needed information and its sources critically.
- Understand economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use the information ethically.
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