Even decades into the Information Age, accounting practices yet fail to recognize the financial value of information. Moreover, traditional asset management practices fail to recognize information as an asset to be managed with earnest discipline. This has led to a business culture of complacence, and the inability for most organizations to fully leverage available information assets. This second course in the two-part Infonomics series explores how and why to adapt well-honed asset management principles and practices to information, and how to apply accepted and new valuation models to gauge information’s potential and realized economic benefits. In addition, the course will enlighten students on the critical but confounding issues of information ownership, property rights, and sovereignty. The course will wrap up with an overview of emergent roles for the information-savvy organization of the 21st century.
Identify and adapt traditional asset management principles and practices toward the improved management of information assets.
Measure information’s various value characteristics to help justify or prove information-related expenditures.
Articulate the challenges, pitfalls, and paradoxes regarding information’s role as a something owned and controlled.
Lay out new and emerging organizational roles for treating information as an actual business asset.
Syllabus
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week 1
Course Orientation
Module 1 Managing Information as an Asset
Week 2
Module 2: Measuring and Accounting for Information
Week 3
Module 3 Privacy, Rights, Ownership, and Sovereignty
Week 4
Module 4 Roles and Organization Structure
FAQ
When will I have access to the lectures and assignments?
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What will I get if I subscribe to this Specialization?
When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free.
Is financial aid available?
Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.
Reviews
Great course! Highly recommended for people who want to understand data valuation.
I'm not got my certification of my course completion
I am so excited to have learnt so much on coursera. i would absolutely recommend.
Very interesting course for all interested in Information, and how to evaluate information value.
