MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS: MANAGING
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS: MANAGING
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ISBN: 9780135790939
Author: LAUDON
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6, Problem 4RQ

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Role of information policy in information management

  • It is very essential to manage a firm’s data resources and hence there needs to be an information policy, data administration and data quality assurance.
  • Information policy is an organization rule for sharing, disseminating, acquiring, standardizing, classifying company wide information.
  • An information policy is formed and established by managers.
  • An information policy focuses on employee accountability.
  • It ensures that information is secure and kept confidential...

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Data quality audits and data cleansing

  • A data quality audit is defined as an organized survey of company data in an information system that checks for accuracy and completeness.
  • Data cleansing is defined as the procedure for which inconsistent and inaccurate data is found and corrected in order to allow for a smooth running database.
  • Data quality audits and data cleansing are essential because they can prevent or limit the amount of inaccurate, incomplete or inconsistent data in a database...

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