IRMA is an international professional organization dedicated to furthering the professionalism of its members. IRMA brings together researchers, practitioners, academicians, and policy makers in information technology management. The diverse membership consists of professionals from over 50 countries worldwide, including the United States, Canada, Slovenia, Switzerland, Norway, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Germany, France, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, Australia, United Kingdom, Greece, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Hong Kong, and China.

The primary objective of IRMA is to assist organizations and professionals in enhancing the overall knowledge and understanding of effective information resources management in the early 21st century and beyond. The specific aims of IRMA could be summarized as follows:

• To promote and encourage the association among individuals with an interest in the field of management of information resources.
• To provide resources, assistance, encouragement, and incentives to individuals either engaged in or planning to become engaged in, the field of information resources management in order to enhance professional's knowledge or IRM issue, and trends.
• To promote and publish professional and scholarly journals, periodicals, bulletins, and other forms of publications in the field of information resources management.
• To provide professional and educational services to IT management personnel for a low membership fee.

These objectives are accomplished through the association's publications: Information Resources Management Journal, Journal of End User Computing, Journal of Global Information Management, Journal of Database Management, Annals of Cases on Information Technology, Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, Journal of Distance Education Technologies, International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, International Journal of Knowledge Management, International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies, International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, International Journal of Data Warehousing and Mining, International Journal of E-Collaboration, International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems, International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking, International Journal of E-Business Research, International Journal of Electronic Government Research, Journal of Cases on Electronic Commerce, International Journal of Semantic Web and Information Systems, International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching, International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering, International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics, and International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization, Information Management, annual conference proceedings and IRM Press books.