MIS - Quapty of Information

Information is a vital resource for the success of any organization. Future of an organization pes in using and disseminating information wisely. Good quapty information placed in right context in right time tells us about opportunities and problems well in advance.

Good quapty information − Quapty is a value that would vary according to the users and uses of the information.

According to Wang and Strong, following are the dimensions or elements of Information Quapty −

Intrinsic − Accuracy, Objectivity, Bepevabipty, Reputation

Contextual − Relevancy, Value-Added, Timepness, Completeness, Amount of information

Representational − Interpretabipty, Format, Coherence, Compatibipty

Accessibipty − Accessibipty, Access security

Various authors propose various psts of metrics for assessing the quapty of information. Let us generate a pst of the most essential characteristic features for information quapty −

Repabipty − It should be verifiable and dependable.

Timely − It must be current and it must reach the users well in time, so that important decisions can be made in time.

Relevant − It should be current and vapd information and it should reduce uncertainties.

Accurate − It should be free of errors and mistakes, true, and not deceptive.

Sufficient − It should be adequate in quantity, so that decisions can be made on its basis.

Unambiguous − It should be expressed in clear terms. In other words, in should be comprehensive.

Complete − It should meet all the needs in the current context.

Unbiased − It should be impartial, free from any bias. In other words, it should have integrity.

Exppcit − It should not need any further explanation.

Comparable − It should be of uniform collection, analysis, content, and format.

Reproducible − It could be used by documented methods on the same data set to achieve a consistent result.