Group and corporate recordkeeping
F Upward
4 points * 2.5 hours per week * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: LAR2005
This subject will provide an understanding of the tactics involved in the governance of the recording of business activities in shared environments and at corporate level. It will introduce students to the major changes in work-place routines which have been made possible by the development of communication and information technologies. Students will be taught how to foster and regulate organisational recordkeeping in ways appropriate to the business activities involved and to the corporate and group behavioural patterns appropriate to an information-sharing environment. Topics covered will include: selection of appropriate tactics for the control of organisational recordkeeping; shared environments within the work place, and processes of corporate and social regulation; quality assurance and quality records programs; vital records and risk management programs; requirements of specific industry groups; analysis of organisational activities; standards and best practices for recordkeeping. The subject will provide students with knowledge, skills and techniques sufficient for involvement in the regulation of recordkeeping, while being able to foster the greater sharing of recorded information and the more productive use of corporate information resources.
Assessment
Examination (2 hours): 50% * Project work: 50%
Recommended texts
Hedstrom M and Bearman D (eds) Electronic records management program strategies Archives and Museums Informatics, 1994