• BASIC PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION PROCESSING
• SCOPE OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
• INFORMATION PROCESSING AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONTROL
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Many business scholars consider information processing, in all of its forms, the lifeblood of organizations. Information in this context is defined broadly to encompass ideas, documents, records, personal communications, and most of all, knowledge shared within an organization. According to some experts, in fact, information processing is primarily concerned with knowledge acquisition and dissemination.

The management and processing side is what businesses do with their information. (Although there are subtle differences, management and processing will be considered...