CET190 Managing Information and Information Institutions

Course Provider

Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information

Certification

FlexiMasters

Academic Unit

3

Introduction

This course is designed for information or knowledge professionals working or seeking to work at the managerial level in the knowledge economy. Learners will learn key principles, concepts, and practices of organizational information management applicable to information-intensive industries, including retail, manufacturing, finance, healthcare, library, government, IT, and education. The course will provide an understanding of information management strategies for achieving competitive advantage, promoting innovation, ensuring accountability, and facilitating sustainability reporting. Relevant and emerging information systems involving technologies such as data analytics, Internet of Things, and generative artificial intelligence (AI) will be introduced. Learners will also gain early insights into how information management is evolving to meet the needs of the future workplace, digital ethics, and shifting geopolitics.

 

This course is part of:

- Graduate Certificate in Library Leadership and Management
- FlexiMasters in Library Leadership and Management
- Master of Science in Information Studies


This course will provide an overview of key principles, concepts, and practices of organizational information management, including architecture, processes, activities, and systems. Information management strategies for achieving competitive advantage, promoting innovation, ensuring accountability, and facilitating sustainability reporting will also be covered. The course equips participants with knowledge of relevant and emerging information systems involving technologies such as data analytics, Internet of Things, and generative AI. Participants will also gain early insights into how information management is evolving to meet the needs of the future workplace, digital ethics, and shifting geopolitics. Overall, the course is designed to offer participants a contemporary and future-ready understanding of organizational information management in the knowledge economy.

To meet the requirement of SkillsFuture Singapore, assessment(s) will be conducted during every course. The assessment(s) include:

  • Class Participation
  • E-learning Activities
  • Team Assignment
  • Class Test

 

This course is suitable for participants working/intending to work as an information professional at the managerial and leadership level in the knowledge economy.

Standard Course Fee: S$4,905

SSG Funding Support

 Course fee

Course fee payable after SSG funding, if eligible under various schemes

 

BEFORE funding & GST

AFTER funding & 9% GST

Singapore Citizens (SCs) and Permanent Residents (PRs) (Up to 70% funding)

S$4,500.00

S$1471.50

Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)

S$571.50

SCs aged ≥ 40 years old
SkillsFuture Mid-career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES)
(Up to 90% funding)

  • Standard course fee is inclusive of GST.
  • NTU/NIE alumni may utilise their $1,600 Alumni Course Credits. Click here for more information.

 

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Associate Professor L.G. Pee

L. G. Pee is an Associate Professor at Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University. She completed her Ph. D. in Information Systems and Bachelor of Computing at the National University of Singapore. Her research focuses on social informatics of knowledge, the interdisciplinary study of the interplay among emerging information technologies (IT), people, and culture in knowledge practices. Phenomena of interest include mutual shaping of knowledge work and artificial intelligence, lifelong learning in the digital age, and smart technologies for sustainable and resilient urbanisation. As a principal investigator, she has received more than SG$1,300,000 in research funding from government agencies as well as industry partners. She serves on the editorial review board of top information science journals such as International Journal of Information Management and programme committee of conferences such as International Conference on Information Systems. LG is among the World’s Top 200 Scholars (2020-2022) in Association of Information Systems’ Ranking. She has also received several most-cited paper recognitions, best paper awards, and the COVID-19 Learning Action Award by Association of Information Systems (AIS).

 

COURSE TITLEACADEMIC UNIT
CET186 Reference, User Services and Information Discovery*
3
CET187 Understanding Leadership in a Digitalized Environment*3
CET188 Building Collections and Intellectual Foundations for the Information Professions*3
CET189 Organizing Information Resources3
CET190 Managing Information and Information Institutions3

*Students must complete these courses to obtain the Graduate Certificate. These courses represent the basic set of competencies for librarians. No other course combinations will lead to the award of the Graduate Certificate.

Listed courses are:

  • Credit-bearing and stackable to Graduate Certificate in Library Leadership and Management (9 AU), FlexiMasters in Library Leadership and Management (15 AU) and Master of Science in Information Studies (30 AU).