ORGANIZATIONAL DATA MANAGEMENT. PROPOSING A METADATA-DRIVEN DATA WAREHOUSE MODEL

Having to discuss the matter of organizational data management implies, almost automatically, the concept of data warehousing as one of the most important pieces of decision support systems (DSS), as it supports integrated information management by aggregating all data formats and provisioning external systems consistent data content and flows, together with the metadata concept, as one of the easiest ways of integration for software and database systems. Since organizational data management uses the metadata channel for creating a bi-directional flow, when correctly managed, metadata can save organizations both time and resources. The paper will focus on providing theoretical aspects of the two concepts, together with a short brief over a proposed model of design for an organizational management tool.