Information and Knowledge Management is a fundamental specialization and branch of Information Science devoted to theoretical and practical aspects of data, information, knowledge, technology and people (DIKTP). This DIKTP pyramid or hierarchy holds immense value for human development and transformation, and therefore fundamental in industrial revolutions.

Data management is the untapped capital asset and resource that help to solve problems, plan and make decisions. Industrial revolutions have transformed the modern knowledge environment through digital technologies and inventions. As the foundation of the information profession, it provides excellent training opportunities in multiple disciplines in information and knowledge management, digital technologies and applications; business and information automation; information resource management; business information management; legal information management; information marketing and public relations; leadership and management; knowledge organization; business entrepreneurship; and project management.