@article{Chaudhry_Meng_2013, title={Assessing the Preparedness of Information Institutions For the Knowledge-Based Economy}, url={https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/ojs.cais-acsi.ca/index.php/cais-asci/article/view/10}, DOI={10.29173/cais10}, abstractNote={<p>Organizations, companies, and workers are continuously urged to prepare for the new competitive era, called Knowledge-Based Economy. Effective exploitation of information in organizations appears to be a distinguishing characteristic of this new socioeconomic model. Case studies were carried out in two information institutions in Singapore to assess their preparedness for the Knowledge-Based Economy. Performance indicators were identified in six areas based on the innovative products and services designed and delivered by leading information institutions. The commonly identified new activities that appeared to have been initiated in response to the new economy were listed as parameters that can help assess the preparation of an information institution for its role in the KBE. The study found that the two information institutions used for case studies were quite conscious to play their role in the new economy. They introduced more flexible organizational structures and initiated new services and products to respond to the requirements of the new economy. They also took steps to expand the roles of their information workers and established strategic alliances to strengthen internal communication and external relations. They put in place mechanisms to seek user feedback and made a creative use of outsourcing to allow more time to information professionals to concentrate on value added services. Our experience suggests that once converted into a checklist, the proposed performance indicators can be successfully used to assess preparedness of other information institutions.</p>}, journal={Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l’ACSI}, author={Chaudhry, Abdus Sattar and Meng, Chew Lay}, year={2013}, month={Oct.} }