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IM systems?!
MsJan
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I am currently completing an application for a job in local Building Control, the application form is 16pgs long.. (enough to put anyone off)
Anyways, one of the questions is asking '[FONT="]Please demonstrate in this box, by providing personal and specific examples, [FONT="]that your experience includes using and updating IM systems relative to the construction industry'..
Now I have no idea what IM systems is..
I've googled and it only comes up with Instant Messaging Systems..
Does anyone have any ideas?
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Anyways, one of the questions is asking '[FONT="]Please demonstrate in this box, by providing personal and specific examples, [FONT="]that your experience includes using and updating IM systems relative to the construction industry'..
Now I have no idea what IM systems is..
I've googled and it only comes up with Instant Messaging Systems..
Does anyone have any ideas?
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Information management systems?0
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Agree, IM = Information Management0
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I'd have thought it meant Information Mapping Systems.
In my experience information for management has always been referred to as Management Information Systems [MI / MIS]0 -
I'm having a guess that the job is with a local authority or other large, government agency. (The inflexible, useless 16 page long application is a clue). Use your initiative and phone up and ask what they mean by IM. (The next clue will be that you can't get a straight answer).0
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I would say the same as in GIS Applications like Bentley/ARC GIStizerbelle wrote: »I'd have thought it meant Information Mapping Systems.
In my experience information for management has always been referred to as Management Information Systems [MI / MIS]0 -
Information Management is an entirely different thing to Management Information. I have no idea what IM actually means in this context but Information Management is certainly a possibility.0
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IM will be Information Management - a database system that holds information. This might be a sales system that you've used full of leads and client information, for example. SAP are a big firm that produce this type of software.
If it helps, I'm an IT manager in a local authority so if I can be of help, let me know!Saving in 2013 (#98): £270/£30000 -
God help you if you end-up using SAP. It really is the pits. We use it at work and it is always going on a go-slow or just stops working completely.0
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