T he relevance of the topic of research of information management as a modern direction of the development of society is that in the 21st century the development of modern civilization in the direction of globalization - economic, political, cultural is accelerated. The central problem for the development of information civilization is information as one of the most important attributes and resources of human activity, which grows into knowledge. The article substantiates the essence, tasks and main directions of the development (...) of the concept of information management, determined by informationalism. The transition to a new information civilization has the character of a "technocratic project", based on the innovative development of society, which is based on the information infrastructure. The development of information management is promoted by the "knowledge society", which cultivates a creative person, the formation of which is based on information and knowledge. The research tasks are the conceptualization of the development of information and communication technologies, which are the basis for the development of information management; clarification of the essence, content and main directions of the development of information and communication technologies, which are introduced into the practice of the higher school educational process. The methodological basis for the formation and development of the concept of the information society is the informationalism studied by M. Castells, as well as the autopoiesic methodology of Maturana and Varela, as well as the synergistic and non-informational methods based on nonlinearity and informiology. The results of the research are the formation of the concept of information management as one of the most modern trends in the development of the 21st century society, which is quite innovative, requiring the development of an information and innovation society and an information and innovation personality. Conclusions - the concept of information management should be introduced in all areas of the development of society, including the higher school, which requires the formation of a creative personality as a subject of an information and innovation society. (shrink)