A Definition of the Information Managment Discipline
Andrew Targowski
This paper provides a definition ofa new discipline: Information Management. Paradigms ofthis discipline are: theory, architecture and design. A mission is defined as to effectively manage a solution or perception, to the appropriate degree anytime, anywhere in the synchronism ofevents. The discipline is divided in nine areas asfollows: ecology of information, information science, programming languages, computing environment, networking environment, information engineering, application software engineering, information infrastructure engineering. information resource management. A curriculum model for each area is divided into the scope oftheory, architecture, and design. A role ofprogramming is provided
Andrew Targowski is a professor of computer information systems in the Haworth College of Business at Western Michigan University. He received his Ph.D. at Warsaw Politechnique. He was a head ofWarsawComputer Service Center ZETO and in 1971-74 he was a head ofThe Polish National Computer Development Program. In Poland he initiated the INFOSTRADA project in 1972, which in the U.S. nowadays is called INFORMATION HIGHWAY. He was a project director of Kalamazoo TeleCITY (www.telecity.org). He published 12 books, including three in English: The Architecture of Enterprise-wide IMS and Global Information Infrastructure. His research interest is in Enterprise Information Infrastructure. He is vice president ofInformation Resource Management Association.
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