Information Management

OH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

OH1 Acquire a foundational knowledge of information management to understand its nature and scope

OH2 Utilize information technology tools to manage and perform work responsibilities

OH3 Apply data mining methods to acquire pertinent information for business decision-making

OH4 Maintain business records to facilitate business operations

OH5 Acquire information to guide business decision-making

Vocab

• Accuracy - the quality or state of being correct or precise.

• Analysis - detailed examination of the elements or structure of something

• Audit - an official inspection of an individual's or organization's accounts. Ex. the IRS does Audits on taxes.

• Autobiography -an account of a person's life written by that person

• Bias - prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

• Biography - an account of somebody's life and work written by another person

• Byte - a unit of memory size on a computer.

• Commentary - remarks about a book, a problem, a sporting event, etc.

• Credentials - a document or certificate proving a person's identity or qualifications.

• Cross Reference - a note in a book (such as a dictionary) that tells you where to look for more information.

• Disseminating - spread or disperse information widely.

• Dissertation - a written account of research

• Evaluation - making a judgment about the amount, number, or value of something.

• Hard Copy - a printed version on paper of data held in a computer.

• Impartial - treating everyone everything equally.

• Industries - The manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field

• Liability - being responsible for something.

• Obsolescence - when an object, service, or practice is no longer wanted needed even though it may still be in good working order.

• Opinions - what someone thinks about something.

• Pamphlet - a small booklet giving information about something.

• Periodicals - something published at regular intervals (weekly or monthly)

• Primary Information - the original document from which information is extracted

• Prioritize - determine the order for dealing with items, tasks, etc. according to their relative importance.

• Proposal - a written plan or suggestion, put forward for consideration or discussion by others.

• Quoting - give someone the estimated price of a job or service.

• References - testimony to someone's ability or reliability.

• Reliability - extent to which an experiment, test, or measuring procedure yields the same results on repeated trials.

• Reliable - consistently good in quality or performance; able to be trusted.

• Secondary Information - information which has already been compiled and is therefore found through desk research

• Source - place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained.

• Statistics - collection, classification, analysis, and interpretation of numerical facts

• Storyboard - a sequence of drawings, typically with some directions and dialogue, representing the shots planned for a movie or television production.

• Subjective - based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions

• Validity - the quality of being lo