CORPORATE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ON THE W AY OF REORIENTATION - PERSPECTIVES AND CONSEQUENCES

The insufficient or inadequate use of existing information technologie s is more and more recognized as an important cost factor. Consequentl y, the question of the concrete effects of using information technolog ies to the corporate performance is more frequently asked. Apart from the high investments into information technology, it is especially the high proportion of non-value creating activities in information work (such as acquiring, transforming, passing on of information) that dema nds concepts of information management which concentrate on an optimal use and exploitation of the information generated and offered by info rmation systems. It is the idea of information logistics (''the right information at the right time to the right person'') together with the vision of ''information at your fingertips'' which marks the change o f perspective: information exchanges and warehouse concepts, together with the emancipation of the user, sketch the way to an optimal use of the available information infrastructure.