Information has been conceptualized for as power for centuries. That is because information is
rooted deeply in life. Today, it has been created through values, productivity and novelty both of which
can be achieved through applying information to work. Leading social groups of the information society
as information workers and information managers will be those who can employ information
productively. Besides, global information economy of that era will be constituted with the communities
and institutions that can catch and carry on the competitive advantage based on information and that the
ones which can capitalize the accumulation and sharing of information.
Information management involves the turn of the productive application of information to
technological processes into a model and the operation plan to use information in accordance with the
aims of the organization
Information management focuses on some issues as processes, measures and evaluation and
transformation of the investments regarding the intellectual capital. Information management relies on
several disciplines as economy, psychology and information management.
In this article following the analysis of the notion and the types of information, the process of
information management and the steps of this process will be explained. Finally, the applicability of this
process in educational organisations will be discussed.