LAR3007

Group and corporate recordkeeping

F Upward

4 points
* 2.5 hours per week
* Second semester
* Clayton
* Prerequisite: LAR2005

Objectives At the completion of the subject students should understand the need to regulate recordkeeping while fostering the greater sharing of recorded information; be able to carry out analyses of organisational and business functions and processes and select appropriate tactics for the regulation of recordkeeping; understand, and be able to identify and incorporate into relevant programs, standards, best practices and external requirements; and know how to contribute recordkeeping perspectives within system design and implementation processes.

Synopsis 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 workplace 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 workplace, 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; and standards and best practices for recordkeeping.

Assessment Project work: 50%
* Examination (2 hours): 50%

Recommended texts

Hedstrom M and Bearman D (eds) Electronic records management program strategies Archives and Museums Informatics, 1994