Electronic Records Management Case Study

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Asogwa, B. E. (2012). The challenge of managing electronic records in developing countries: Implications for records managers in sub Saharan Africa. Emerald Insight, 22(3), 198- 211. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09565691211283156 ABSTRACT This article is talked about the problem that faced by African in improving their electronic records management. They have faced many problems to changing the traditional mode of recordkeeping to modern mode. In this paper also, we will tell the strategies that they took in handling their e-records management. Next, one of the problems is administrative problem and one of the solutions to accomplish this electronic records management, African must have a good appropriate infrastructure. KEYWORDS…show more content…
In addition, records management does not have the international standard so that independence. There also have a massive growth in the number of personnel and a gradual slacking of work discipline and orientation to output. The next problem is that they make decisions without reference to the record. There are also financial irregularities were successfully concealed and the problem of workers who do not have the spirit and have limited training or experience on record keeping work. Low morale and poor remuneration accompanied records managers and lowered their prestige, their status and created a general lack of recognition of the importance of records as…show more content…
In addition, there are also serious problems of vulnerability records management legislation, policies and organizational framework. At independence many of the English speaking African countries patterned their archival laws and legislations in line with the old Canadian Archival Act which unlashed terrible confusions and consequently weakened archives and records management practices in the continent. The archival laws and legislation in most countries was characterized by: allocation of few powers to record managers on many important issues. It made the record managers to have few or indirect say about what should be retained or disposed of, which deviated completely from the responsibilities clause in the ISO 15489 which prescribes that records management responsibilities should be defined, assigned, and promulgated throughout the organization and delineates who is responsible for taking necessary action. There are conflict that causes from members of the committee which are they are not trained in archives or records management and do not interested or have no knowledge of archives management. This problem has led to lifecycle of records to be hanging. Plus, there would be limited chance of protecting records if the law excludes archivists from managing active

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