Information Management.
Information Management. Collecting, storing and retrieving: Information needs to be collected, stored and, if it is going to be easily used, available for retrieval. A database store allows information to be collected via a form, stored as records and then retrieved and sorted using queries. For example, if you wanted to join a swimming club, you could fill in a form on its website. This information would be stored on its members' database and a search to find all members who have joined in the last seven days would bring up the email address you supplied. Manipulating and processing; This is the stage where information is processed for analysis. The swimming club could produce a graph showing how many members joined for each of the preceding 12 months. Analysing: At this stage, the information is looked at so that patterns can be identified. This information is useful on its own, but if these dates linked with other events, such as a June campaign t...