The Theoretical Framework for the 'Archive-As-Is'. An Organization Oriented View on Archives Part I. Setting the Stage: Enterprise Information Management and Archival Theories geert-jan van bussel 1. introduction 1.1. The problem: Information Chaos within organizations The definition of a business strategy is a common practice to capitalize on new market opportunities and to do better than direct competitors. Projected on the information management processes of an organization, a business strategy clarifies how information can be used for reaching business objectives (Baets, 1992; Peppard and Ward, 2016). It can be used for quick responses to needs of customers, adjustments to changes in the organizational environment, and improvements in competitiveness. Most of this information is recorded in different types of information objects that are embedded within organizational business processes and are, as such, important business assets. Enterprise Information Management (EIM) tries to enable organizations to secure these business assets across the complex landscapes of organizational departments, legacy systems, corporate and regulatory policies, business content, and big data (Chaki, 2015). It organizes the information value chain in capturing, structuring, describing, preserving, and governing information objects across organizational, temporal, and technological boundaries to allow business strategies to reach their objectives (Van Bussel, 2012abc; Van de Pas and Van Bussel, 2015ab). It has not been overly successful, because it concentrates almost exclusively on structured information (objects), as the result of being influenced extensively by computer science. But more than 80 of all information objects in organizations are unstructured and with big data on the rise, that amount is growing quickly (Van Bussel, 2012b). More than forty years ago, Alvin Toffler (1970) coined the term 'information overload'. Today's world is characterized by an increasing information flood, completely fulfilling Toffler's forecasts. According to IDC, in 2020 the digital universe (the information objects created and copied annually) will reach 44 zettabytes (44 trillion gigabytes) (Turner et al, 2014). Because EIM has neglected the management of unstructured information objects, many of these objects 17

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