Obtain information on
business needs
BSBINM601 Manage knowledge and
information
Session 1
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Unit overview
At the end of this unit, you should know how to:
obtain information relevant to business issues
analyse information and knowledge
take decisions on business issues identified
disseminate information to the organisation.
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Purpose of this presentation
At the end of this session, you should know how
to:
review feedback and business performance data
identify and analyse business problems and issues
identify information required to reach a decision
source and gather reliable information
test information for reliability and validity
utilise formal and informal networks.
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Group discussion
Knowledge is power
(Francis Bacon, 1597)
How important is knowledge and information to the success of businesses today?
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Information vs knowledge
Information
Facts provided or
learned about
something or someone
Captured manually
or computerised
systems
Knowledge
Facts, information,
and skills acquired
through experience or
education
Held in people’s
head
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Types of IM and KM systems
Transaction processing systems (TPS)
Customer relationship management (CRM)
systems
Management information systems (MIS)
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems
Decision support systems (DSS)
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KM systems
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A knowledge management (KM) system
gathers, stores, manages, extracts, creates
and disseminates knowledge and
information.
Capture /
create
Share /
disseminate
Acquire /
apply

Identify and analyse business
issues
Review performance data
Review customer feedback
Review staff feedback
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Review performance data
When is performance data reviewed? How
often?
Does the business have a formal review
process?
Identify variances to locate potential issues or
problems
Analyse variances to determine is there is an
issue or explanation
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Financial performance data
Budgets
Operating
Sales
Expenditure
Purchasing
Labour
Advertising
Departmental
Financial
statements
Statement of financial
performance (formerly
income or profit and
loss statement)
Statement of financial
position (formerly
balance sheet)
Cash flow statement
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Key performance indicators
Key performance indicators (KPIs) are a set of
metrics that measure how effectively a business
is achieving its objectives or critical success
factors (CSFs).


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