1.3. 1 Definition of information management talents
Information management talents can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense. Broadly speaking, information management talents generally refer to all personnel who have information management knowledge and master information technology. Information management talents in a broad sense include not only those who engage in information collection, organization, research and service in full-time information management institutions and their management, but also those who engage in information management technology development and application and information resource management in enterprises and institutions, as well as those who engage in information management research and teaching in schools and scientific research departments. In a narrow sense, information management talents only refer to those who are engaged in information collection, organization, research, service and management in full-time information management institutions, enterprises and institutions.
With the advancement and development of social informatization, more and more people are or will be involved in the information industry, including a large number of information management talents. Lou Cequn, editor-in-chief of Information Management, divides information management talents into information management research talents, information management education talents, information management technical talents, information management business talents and senior information supervisors according to the nature and content of their work.
1.3. 1. 1 information management research talents
Information management research talents refer to those who are engaged in information management theory, method research and practical activities. The work nature of such talents is exploratory, academic and creative. The main content of their work is to discuss the discipline theory of information management, the basic principles and operation methods of information management, the application of modern information technology in information management, the organization and management of information management activities, and the development mechanism and strategy of information management. This kind of talents are mainly distributed in universities and research institutes.
1.3. 1.2 information management education talents
Information management education talents are talents who teach information management knowledge and skills to others, including teachers engaged in information management education in colleges and universities and staff engaged in information management skills training in enterprises and institutions. The main duty of this kind of talents is to cultivate new information management talents according to the social demand for information management talents, and to continue education for the original information management talents.
1.3. 1.3 information management technicians
Information management technical talents refer to talents who are engaged in the development and maintenance of information management technology in all walks of life. Such talents mainly include system designers, network system administrators, information system application developers, database administrators, data communication experts and so on. Its main responsibility is to ensure the information management infrastructure construction of various departments or industries, maintain the normal operation of information management equipment, and ensure the connectivity and security management of local area network and Internet of departments or industries.
1.3. 1.4 information management professionals
Information management professionals refer to those who use various information skills and information management systems to collect, organize, analyze and provide information. This kind of talents mainly includes staff engaged in information management, information service and information consultation in various websites, information centers, libraries, information institutes, archives, radio and television and news publishing institutions, financial systems, cultural and educational departments and related enterprises. This kind of talents is the main body of information management talents, which occupies a large proportion in the structure of information management talents.
1.3. 1.5 Senior Information Officer
Chief Information Officer (CIO) is also called Chief Information Officer, Chief Information Officer, etc. The authoritative CIO magazine in the United States defines "CIO" as a senior official in charge of all information technology and system fields of a company or enterprise. As a senior decision-maker who enters the core management of an organization, CIO has the following eight functions:
(1) Participate in organizational decision-making;
(2) According to the development strategic objectives of the organization, formulate appropriate information strategies;
(3) Coordinate the information needs of various departments and be responsible for organizing information integration;
(4) To draft the overall framework of organizing information flow and standardize the basic standards of information management;
(5) Pay attention to the development of information technology, select and apply information technology from the perspective of organizational management, and provide effective information technology support for the operation and management of the organization;
(6) Assessing the return on investment in information technology;
(7) Publicity, consultation and training;
(8) Information communication and organization and coordination.
1.3.2 Quality requirements of information management talents
From the definition of information management talents, the quality requirements of information management talents mainly include knowledge quality requirements and intellectual quality requirements. The knowledge quality requirements of information management talents mainly include management, computer, information management and other related disciplines. For information management talents of different levels and departments, their knowledge quality requirements are different. For example, information management researchers need to master the theory of information management and related disciplines comprehensively and systematically; Information management educators should not only have systematic information management professional knowledge, but also have rich computer knowledge and management knowledge; It is best for information management technicians to have received higher education in computer and related majors, and have systematic and comprehensive information technology background knowledge and certain information management knowledge; Information management professionals should systematically master information management knowledge and computer knowledge, and personnel engaged in information analysis should also master knowledge of one or more other disciplines; Senior information supervisor should master management knowledge systematically, have rich information management and computer knowledge and have a wide range of knowledge. The intelligent structure of information management talents includes hands-on operation ability, language expression ability, interpersonal communication ability, observation thinking ability, organization and management ability and learning and innovation ability. See table 1. 1 for the job content, personnel composition, knowledge structure and ability and quality requirements of different types of information management talents.
Table 1. 1 Composition and Quality Requirements of Information Management Talents
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The quality of information management talents is defined from three aspects: basic quality, knowledge structure and intelligent structure.
1.3.2. 1 Basic quality of information management talents
The basic qualities of information management talents include ideological and moral character, professional ethics, physical quality and psychological quality.
1.3.2.2 knowledge structure of information management talents
The knowledge structure of information management talents consists of management knowledge, information technology knowledge, information management knowledge and other related disciplines. According to the needs of information management objectives, these knowledge cross and merge with each other, and gradually form a composite knowledge form unified under information management.
1.3.2.3 intelligent structure of information management talents
Human intelligence is formed by the interaction of human physiological basis and knowledge and experience in long-term life practice, which is reflected in human unique thinking mode, emotion, psychology and personality behavior characteristics. The content of intelligence includes hands-on operation ability, language expression ability, interpersonal communication ability, observation and thinking ability, organization and management ability and learning and innovation ability.