HISTORY HAS VERIFIED THE POWER OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE
AUTHORS: Ing. Anna DIAČIKOVÁ, PhD. , Doc. ThDr. PaedDr. Anton LISNIK, PhD. (Catholic University in Ružomberok, Slovak Republic, Faculty of Education, Management department)
ABSTRACT
The quality of strategic decisions, whether those of individuals or organizations and their results, significantly affect their personal lives, prosperity and future economic results. In the knowledge-based economy the principles of business are changing significantly. These are increasingly based on knowledge and intellectual work. Intellectual capital of the company becomes the most important. The information and knowledge are key factors of success and are the major source of competitive advantage. With vigorous advent of ICT technologies in all fields of human activities, which are thus continuously affected, it is necessary to take decisions and to promptly respond to opportunities / threats. They are identified as a continuous assessment of external and internal company environment by quality monitoring system, that in principle are not only ICT technologies, but mostly their quality content. This means quality information. ICT are now a necessary instrument – but they are still an instrument.
Contribution also includes the historical context of the development of information processing in the Czech Republic and Slovakia in the last quarter of a century in the business scene.
KEY WORDS: information, knowledge, business, corporate culture, competitive advantage, ICT technology, Corporate Social Responsibility