The Information Audit：its contribution to decision making.pdfVIP

Although the information audit may be con- The information audit: sidered one of the most important tools in its contribution to information management, it is important to accept that as yet there are no standardized decision making guidelines let alone methodologies for such a procedure[1]. The parallel with standard financial auditing is therefore a loose one. Nevertheless, information auditing can make C.P.R. Dubois an enormous contribution not only to good management of information resources and services, but also, perhaps more importantly, to corporate awareness of the part played by such resources and services in the work of an organization, whether it be in the private, government or non-profit making sector. In the UK, decision making at board or top management level is heavily dependent on The author internal financial information. Relatively less C.P.R. Dubois is Chief of Secretariat Services at the