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Info Pros are to Info what Accountants are to Money

By Chris Walker posted 02-12-2016 16:21

  

Information Management is a profession[1], not an industry. Steve Weissman of the Holly Group wrote a pretty good post about IM/IG being a profession rather than an industry last year. Like HR, Accounting, IT, legal, etc., Information Management is here to support the core business; this does not imply subservience. And like the other support functions, there are several types of professionals practicing Information Management. Because Don Lueders wrote a post comparing Accountants and Records Managers (one type of IM/IG professional) a couple weeks ago, I’m going to take what Don and Steve wrote a couple of steps further. I’m also doing it because like money, information is a corporate asset.

As you may have guessed from the title of this post, I believe that IM/IG Professionals are to information what Accountants are to money. And just like there are different types of Accountants, there are different types of IM/IG Professionals.

Accountants, at least in Canada, fall into three broad categories: 1) Strategic; 2) Tactical; 3) Governance/Risk/Compliance. Hmm … IM/IG professionals can be lumped into three broad categories: 1) Strategic; 2) Tactical; 3) Governance/Risk/Compliance.

Need I go on?


[1] I know this because I am a Certified Information PROFESSIONAL.

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02-15-2016 12:43

Allen - Yes, it would be. :-)

02-15-2016 07:29

Chris,
It would not be so bad if you went on.
Allen