ADMS 2511 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Data Mart, Microsoft Access, Tacit Knowledge

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 2511
• Professor: Ingrid Splettstoesser

Document Summary

Is scattered throughout organizations and are collected by many individuals using different methods and services. Are frequently stored in numerous servers and locations and in different computing systems, databases, formats, and human and computer languages. Data are obtained from multiple sources: internal, personal, external. Data degrade over time (i. e. customers change addresses) Data are subject to data rot, which refers to problems with the media on which the data are stored. Over time, temperature, humidity, and exposure to light can cause physical problems with storage media and thus make it difficult to access the data. Clickstream data are produced by visitors and customers when they visit a website and click on hyperlinks. Data governance is an approach to managing information across an entire organization. It involves a formal set of business processes and policies designed to ensure that data are handled in a certain, well-defined fashion. The organization follows unambiguous rules for creating, collecting, handling, and protecting its information.