Information management is the practice of managing information assets to ensure organizations realize their value and minimize their liabilities. The failure rate of individuals in information management positions is high, as is the risk to organizations that do not manage their business-critical information. Managing information as a capital asset means a radical shift in how both the business and the information professionals manage information by putting information assets front and center as a core business function rather than a backroom or support operation. Strategic Management of Business-Critical Information Assets is an essential research book that highlights key issues, explains concepts and consequences, and shares common experience and examples to help guide an organization through the transformation process of organizing and managing their information assets strategically. Highlighting topics such as cost management, information cultures, and security, this book is ideally designed for business professionals, information practitioners, information policy advocates, enterprise architects, managers, tech professionals, researchers, and academicians.

Denise Bedford is Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Communication Culture and Technology; adjunct faculty at Schulich School of Business, York University, Visiting Scholar University of Coventry; and a Distinguished Practitioner/Fellow with U.S. Department of State. She teaches graduate courses in knowledge management, enterprise architecture, semantic analysis, data sciences, and is engaged in research in all of these areas with colleagues around the world. She is Associate Editor of the Journal of Knowledge Management, and is an advisory board member of ICKM, ECKM, ICICKM and ECIC international conferences. From 1996 to 2015, Dr. Bedford was Senior Information Officer, World Bank. She retired from the World Bank in 2010 to become the Goodyear Professor of Knowledge Management, Kent State University. Dr. Bedford retired from Kent State University in 2015. Dr. Bedford holds a Ph.D. in Information Science from University of California, Berkeley, a Master's degree in Russian History from University of Michigan, a Master of Science in Librarianship, and a Bachelor's degree in Russian and German Language, and History.