IMS5047 - Managing business records

Leader: Henry Linger

Offered

Caulfield Second semester 2007 (Day)
Caulfield Second semester 2007 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

This unit deals with recordkeeping processes supporting the storage, recall and dissemination
of records and protecting their evidential and informational qualities. System requirements for
evidence will be taught along with knowledge bases for representing functions and activities and managing access. The processes are placed in the context of business analyses techniques including workflow, corporate and social regulation of an organisation's activities, risk management, identification of vital records, and functional analysis. An international method for the design and implementation of recordkeeping systems provides the unit framework.

Assessment

Assignments: 50%
Formal Supervised Assessment: 50%

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

24 credit points of IMS 9000-level units, or equivalent; or FIT9003, FIT9004, FIT9005, FIT9006, or equivalent; or 24 credit points of graduate level units in the Graduate Diploma in Information Management and Systems, or the Graduate Diploma in Information and Knowledge Management, or the Gradute Diploma in Business Systems, or the Master of Information Management and Systems, or the Master of Information Management and Systems (Professional), or the Master of Information Technology, or the Master of Business Systems, or the Master of Business Systems Professional, or equivalent; or an approved undergraduate degree in information systems (IS) or information management (IM) or equivalent.

Prohibitions

LAR3007, LAR4633, IMS3007