Knowra Information management Information management Information management is the planning and control of how an organization acquires, organizes, stores, maintains, and uses information. It coordinates information practices across systems, people, and organizational needs.
Information lifecycle management : Policies and processes that govern information from creation or acquisition through active use, retention, and disposal. It makes the stages managed by an organization explicit.
Document management system : Software for capturing, organizing, storing, retrieving, and controlling documents. It provides a practical system for managing organizational documents.
Information security : The protection of information against unauthorized access, alteration, loss, or disruption. Management decisions determine who can access information and how it is protected.
Data management : The planning and control of data assets throughout their acquisition, storage, use, and maintenance. It often concentrates on structured data, while information management spans broader organizational information.
Metadata : Structured information that describes, identifies, or contextualizes other information. Descriptions and identifiers make organizational information findable and interpretable.
Business intelligence : Methods and technologies that transform organizational data into reporting and analysis for decisions. It applies managed information to monitoring and decision-making.
Data privacy : Principles and practices governing the collection, use, sharing, and protection of personal data. Organizational information practices can expose or safeguard personal information.
Library and information science : The interdisciplinary study of information organization, access, preservation, and library services. It shares organizing and retrieval concerns but is an academic discipline, not an organizational management function.
Information architecture : The design of structures for organizing, labeling, and navigating information. It shapes how stored information is grouped and retrieved.
Enterprise content management : An integrated approach to capturing, governing, storing, and delivering an organization's content. It extends document control across diverse content and organizational processes.
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