INFORMATION AS A

RESOURCE
GREESHMAGIREESH
S1 MBA
LOURDES MATHA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES
INFORMATION
Facts provided or learned about something or
someone
Information is data that has been processed to
make it meaningful and useful

DATA +MEANING =INFORMATION

 DATA V/S INFORMATION
example
Data 9:00,160/95,10:00,155/93,11:00,130/90

information Patients blood pressure reading is

9:00 -160/95
10:00 -155/93
11:00 -130/90
MAJOR RESOURCES IN AN ORGANIZATION

 MEN

MONEY

MATERIAL

MACHINES
Human resources
Human resources is the set of people who
make up the workforce of an organization.

 Personnel files contain sensitive information about employee related to

compensation, Job performance, personal contact, work history, employment
eligibility documents.
 Information helps to organizations to collect, store, use information.
 Its helps organization to define their strategies and build programs to develop
their human capital.
 The information is valuable input for data driven decision making in HR
FINANCIAL RESOURCES

• Accurate financial information forms the basis of the financial

analysis performed by accountants.
• financial ratios are helpful in analysing the actual performance of
the company compared to its financial objectives.
• Its also provide insight into firms performance compared to other
firms in the industry.
• The resulting of financial information to make decision about how
to run the organization.
Physical resources
 These are the valuable things that are used in the operation of the company

 Service based business use physical resource to facilitate the delivery of the service

 The information helps to analysis what type of physical resources wanted in the

firm to the effective operation.

INFORMATION RESOURCES
Information resources are defined as the data and
information used in the organization,
 information is a resource just like capital ,manpower etc.
Its evolution of the MIS within the organization
Its determining where a resources value lies and how it can
improved in a firm
The information helps to the proper planning of the firm
Supports effective controlling
Type of information resources needed for a business
 Sales data

 Financial information

 Website statistics

 Industry reports

 Customer feedback

 Internal data

 Market planning

 Operating procedures
THANK YOU