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ENTERPRISE INFORMATION RESEARCH GROUP

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Welcome to the EIRG 

Based in Monash University's School of Information Management and Systems, EIRG brings together a range of research activities with the common objective of improving enterprise and interpersonal information flow and recorded memory.

 

What is Enterprise Information?

Enterprise Information is defined broadly as communicative interactions between people acting individually or collaboratively in complex and dynamic information ecologies, It encompasses information-as-knowledge, information-as-evidence and information-as-infotainment.

 

What are the aims of the EIRG?
  • Improve enterprise and interpersonal information flow and recorded memory through the development of theory, models and tools for the analysis, design, development, use and management of information systems, products and services, particularly in e-business, e-government and virtual communities. 
  • Improve how people create, manage, categorise, seek, obtain, evaluate, and use information 
  • Break down barriers to satisfy the information needs of people and to extend their use of information and information technologies. 
Research Areas
  • Community networking  
  • Decision support systems
  • Descriptive metadata
  • Ebusiness, egovernment and mobile commerce
  • Electronic recordkeeping
  • Enterprise knowledge management
  • Information and telecommunications needs
  • Information policy and law
  • Information systems development
  • Information systems policy, strategic planning and management
  • Records continuum theory and modelling
EIRG Programs and Facilities

EIRG provides a collaborative environment for researchers from the following SIMS research groups:

DSS

CCNR

ISMEB

ISD
KMRG

EIRG is also affiliated with the Knowledge Management Lab, a flexible, state-of-the-art facility for enterprise knowledge management research. 

Industry partners  
EIRG is engaged in a range of collaborative partnerships with industry, government, the information professions and community groups. We welcome opportunities to develop new collaborations with partners who share our vision. For more information see our Partners page.
 
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