Some thoughts about data and information

This paper focuses on some aspects of data and information and gives a short overview based on the professional literature: Why it is necessary to collect, process and store data and information? What is the difference between the two concepts? Can they be distinguished and how? What is the role of...

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Main Author: Hampel György
Format: Article
Published: 2010
Series:Review of faculty of engineering : analecta technica Szegedinensia
Kulcsszavak:Közgazdaságtudomány
Online Access:http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/11812
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Summary:This paper focuses on some aspects of data and information and gives a short overview based on the professional literature: Why it is necessary to collect, process and store data and information? What is the difference between the two concepts? Can they be distinguished and how? What is the role of information in the different stages of decision-making? How many ways information can be grouped and what are the main sources of the data? How much and what type of information do enterprise executives need at each leadership levels? What is an information crisis and how can it be avoided? If information is a resource of the enterprise what is its value? Does it have value at all? What are the consequences of the information explosion and how can it be handled?
Physical Description:35-41
ISSN:1788-6392