Individual Performance 6: Manage information

Discover and apply new information quickly

Sort through large amounts of information to identify information of value/relevance

Evaluate the quality and accuracy of data

Analyze and interpret information to reach useful conclusions

On-the-Job

Take responsibility for a large project that requires the collection, assimilation and summarization of large amounts of data to arrive at a solution Participate in a task force engaged in a large project to learn information management techniques and to make decisions based on information rather than on personal knowledge of the situation Participate in developing a marketing plan or overall business plan where information management skills are critical Study the use of technology in data analysis

Education and Training

• Strategic Uses of Information Technology (Stanford University, 650-723-3341, ext. 20, 1 week, $6300
• American Management Association (518-891-1500)
     ---Improving Your Project Management Skills, 4 days, $1350
     ---Mastering Information Overload, 3 days, $1295
     ---Project Management: Planning and Scheduling, CD-ROM, $265
• Organize Your Space (Training Express, 800-294-1140, Video, $98

Reading

• The Conference Board (212-339-0345)
     ---SAP Implementation: Strategies and Results, Report No. 1217, 1998
     ---Managing Knowledge in the New Economy, Report No. 1222, 1998
  
• Dale E. Cooper and C.B. Chapman, Risk Analysis for Large Projects (Wiley, 1987)
• James P. Lewis, Project Planning, Scheduling and Control (Irwin, 1995)