In organizational studies, resource management is the efficient and effective deployment for an organization's resources when they are needed. Such resources may include financial resources, inventory, human skills, production resources, or information technology (IT). [Source: Wikipedia]. Resource management is part of the so-called "Business Intelligence", skills, processes, tools etc. to enable and support an efficient business performance. As such, it is of particular interest to SMEs.
Resource management is addressed in the ICT work programme 2011/12 (p. 74) under the following challenges/objectives:
> Challenge 6:ICT for a Low Carbon Economy
