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Effect of Information Management Practices on Organisational Performance in Selected Organisations in Ghana
Article Number: SIS527016AI050623
5th June, 2023
Author(s):
Opoku Mustapha Osman
Abstract:
The study examined the information management
practices in organisations in Ghana and how they are influencing organisational
performance from a management perspective. Well-established theories such as the
Resource Based View (RBV) and Organisational Information Processing (OIP) underpinned the study. The theoretical bases for the research and conceptual framework of the
study were established through an extensive review of the literature. The study
employed positivism as a research philosophy and a survey design. A quantitative method was adopted and this
led to the use of a questionnaire to collect data from the staff and management
of selected organizations in Ghana using a simple random sampling method. The data for the study were
obtained from 939 respondents selected from the then ten regions in Ghana. The
data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The
findings of the study established that information management practices
made a significant contribution in predicting organisational performance. Standard multiple regression was
employed for the analysis and the
results indicate that there were different variables that form information
management practices. These variables included information management policy,
information management strategy, managerial factor and technological factor,
and all these variables were identified to have positively contributed to
organisational performance. However, the correlation values produced by these
variables were very weak. In order to maximise the benefit of information management,
the study recommends that, organisations should invest more in
information management programmes, by acquiring the requisite equipment and
employing professionals in information management to handle their information.
It is further recommended that Ghana as a country should embrace the concept of
information management by encouraging the various sectors in the country to
incorporate and implement effective and efficient information management
programmes. Lastly, Ghana should be serious in
implementing the right to information bill, which recognises the fundamental
human right with respect to access to information.