Scientific-and-technical information as the supporting component in the knowledge management
ZAJĄC R.

S u m m a r y
Information is the knowledge indispensable for a realization of tasks needed to the institutions to reach specified objectives. Information means a documentation, data, news having a great significance, a their proper circulation is a condition of an effective management. Recently it was stated that information management is a vital part of organizational management. In the environment where technologies and methodologies become out-of-date, a men faces the necessity of possessing detailed, actual and complete data indispensable for taking rational decisions. The present paper focuses only on scientific-and-technical information, which is only a small part of knowledge and information management.