Master of Information Management

A Master of Information Management (MIM) is an interdisciplinary degree program designed to provide studies in strategic information management, knowledge management, usability, business administration, information systems, information architecture, information design, computer sciences, policy, ethics, and project management. The degree is relatively new and has typically been developed alongside other, more established programs in university Schools of Information. The MIM degree has emerged to address the growing and unique need for information professionals who understand the conflux of multiple organizational issues across several disciplines.

The MIM degree is distinguished from closely related degrees (for example, Master of Science in Information System Management, Master of Information System Management, Master of Information Systems) that provide focused areas of study in computer science, information technology, information science, telecommunications, or some combination of these.

History

The first MIM degree program in the United States^{[citation needed]} began in the fall of 2003 at The University of Maryland.^[1] Canada's first MIM program was established in Spring 2008.^[2]

MIM Programs

United States

• Syracuse University School of Information Studies
• University of Maryland College of Information Studies
• Washington University School of Engineering

Canada

• Dalhousie University

New Zealand

• Victoria University of Wellington

Belgium

• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

The Netherlands

• Tilburg University

• Maastricht University

Denmark

• Copenhagen Business School

India

• University of Mumbai

• Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.
• MET (Mumbai Educational Trust) Institute of Management Studies , Bandra, Mumbai.
• Welinkers Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.
• K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.
• IES Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

Curriculum

The University of Maryland College of Information Studies describes the MIM degree as a focus "on ways information and technology can be best organized, implemented and managed to meet the needs of end users in a variety of business, legal, nonprofit, government and institutional settings, which are affected by changes in the global environment every day."^[3]

MIM students can specialize, earning either degrees with concentrations of Strategic Management of Information Concentration or Socio-Tech Information Systems. The Strategic Management of Information is intended for those students who want to become organizations’ chief information officers, or follow that general management path. ^[4]Socio-Tech is designed for students who want to follow technology director career paths. ^[5]

See also

• List of I-Schools
• Applied Information Management [1]

References

1. ^ "Graduate School, USDA and UM Jointly Offer Information Management Master's Degree". Office of University Communications, University of Maryland. December 17, 2003. http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/archive/release.cfm?ArticleID=857&year=2003. Retrieved 2009-10-24. 
2. ^ "Canada's first Master of Information Management Program". Canadian Association of Special Libraries and Information Services. July 2008. http://www.caslisottawa.on.ca/events-2008-07-15.html. Retrieved 2009-10-24. 
3. ^ "Master of Information Management Pentagon". University of Maryland iSchool. http://ischool.umd.edu/programs/mim/pentagon.shtml. Retrieved 2009-10-27. 
4. ^ "Strategic Management of Information Concentration". University of Maryland iSchool. http://ischool.umd.edu/programs/mim/strategy.shtml. Retrieved 2010-09-23. 
5. ^ "Socio-Tech Information Systems Concentration". University of Maryland iSchool. http://ischool.umd.edu/programs/mim/socio.shtml. Retrieved 2010-09-23. 

External links

• Syracuse University, School of Information Studies, Master of Science in Information Management
• University of Maryland, College of Information Studies, Master of Information Management Program
• Washington University in St. Louis, College of Engineering, Graduate Studies in Information Management
• Dalhousie University, Faculty of Management, Master of Information Management
• Victoria University of Wellington, School of Information Management, MIM | School of Information Management
• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty of Business and Economics, Master of Information Management
• Tilburg University, TiasNimbas Business School, Executive Master of Information Management