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== Summary==
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==Description==
 
==Description==
Assets can be divided into tangible assets and [[Intangible asset|intangible assets]], see Fig 1.
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ISO 5000 defines assets as follows: "An asset is an item, thing or entity that has potential or actual value to an organization". This is deliberately wider than physical assets but these form an important focus for more organizations, i.e. assets include both tangible and [[Intangible asset|intangible assets]], see Fig 1.
  
 
[[File:Assets.png|400px|thumbnail|right|Fig 1 Relationship between asset related terms.]]
 
[[File:Assets.png|400px|thumbnail|right|Fig 1 Relationship between asset related terms.]]
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===[[Intangible asset]]===
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===[[Asset management]]===
  
 
==References==
 
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[1] ISO 5000
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==Related articles==
 
==Related articles==
[[Asset (disambiguation)]]
 
  
 
[[Asset management]]
 
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[[Knowledge asset]]
 
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[[Category:Assets]]
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Latest revision as of 11:05, 21 December 2015

Definition

Something possessed by an organization from which future benefits can be drawn

Description

ISO 5000 defines assets as follows: "An asset is an item, thing or entity that has potential or actual value to an organization". This is deliberately wider than physical assets but these form an important focus for more organizations, i.e. assets include both tangible and intangible assets, see Fig 1.

Fig 1 Relationship between asset related terms.

Intangible asset

Asset management

References

[1] ISO 5000


Related articles

Asset management

Intangible asset

Human capital

Knowledge asset