Abstract
The South African Journal of Information Management explores the latest developments and trends in information and knowledge management to offer research that can be used to further the application of sound information and knowledge management practice.
Highlights
Deciding on the contents of an Information Economics course is not a straightforward or trivial exercise and it is subject to the view one takes of Information Economics within the context of Information Science
The section describes the contents of an Information Economics course developed for final year undergraduate students in the Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria
Based on the overview presented in the introduction above, the aims of this elective course in Information Economics are to introduce the students to information as an economic good, the role of information in a national economy, the pricing and packaging of information goods, the economics of intellectual property, and the exchange of information to facilitate relationships between organizations in an information economy
Summary
Based on the overview presented in the introduction above, the aims of this elective course in Information Economics are to introduce the students to information as an economic good, the role of information in a national economy, the pricing and packaging of information goods, the economics of intellectual property, and the exchange of information to facilitate relationships between organizations in an information economy. One of the aims of the reading material is to expose students to the core aspects of the various study themes and to introduce them to a variety of viewpoints. The following sections discuss the main ideas contained in each of these study themes in more detail, with particular reference to the required reading material and its interpretation. The learning outcomes of each study theme are listed
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