Information Technology Leadership on Electronic Records Management: The Malaysian Experience

Managing records in electronic environment is not only a major challenge but also increasingly a strategic issue for organizations in both the public and private sectors. The success of electronic records management (ERM) in an organization depends greatly on partnership of the different key players...

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Published inEuropean Conference on Management, Leadership & Governance p. 105
Main Authors Johare, Rusnah, Masrek, Mohamad Noorman, Sa'ari, Haziah
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidmore End Academic Conferences International Limited 01.11.2013
Subjects
Accountability
Archives & records
Archivists
Authenticity
Digital preservation
Digitization
Electronic documents
Electronic government
Electronic records
Information professionals
Information technology
Leadership
Managers
Metadata
Records management
Responsibilities
Signatures
Software
Studies
Malaysia
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Summary:Managing records in electronic environment is not only a major challenge but also increasingly a strategic issue for organizations in both the public and private sectors. The success of electronic records management (ERM) in an organization depends greatly on partnership of the different key players on managing these specialized records namely records managers, archivists, administrators and most importantly the IT personnel. A strong IT leadership on electronic records management would provide an excellent foundation towards developing a credible electronic records management in an agency. This paper presents the findings of a study carried out pertaining to the IT personnel involvement in electronic records management in sampled agencies in Malaysia and how IT leadership could have an impact on the management and preservation of these records as part of the organizational memory and collectively as memory of the nation. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:2048-9021
2048-903X