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Measuring The Quality Of Information Managed: Some Conceptual And Methodological Reflexions, Carlos Luis González-Valiente

Carlos Luis González-Valiente

The study, based on a documental classic analysis, presents conceptual and methodological guidelines concerning the design of methodologies that help to measure the quality of information that is managed in organizations. It is described the process of information management and the importance of implementing quality principles in it. There are exposed the four dimensions of information quality as part of an indicators integration which characterize the informational contents. There are defined each of the phases in the methodological design to evaluate the information. There also are indicated the implications of this activity for information professionals.