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
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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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When being placed in the role of a manager, it is important to understand the finances of the organization and how to read and understand the recording of finances. It is also important to understand how all the different parts of the records fit together to give us the knowledge of where the business is financially. Knowing also the different responsibility centers related to financial recording and how they function is important as a manager. Once a manager understands what and where items belong on a balance sheet, they will better understand the state that the business is in. “It provides you with a picture of the financial health of your practice or organization on a certain date.”
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Cisco Systems Inc., Implementing ERP Cisco, incorporated in 1984 by 2 Stanford scientists, was fast growing technology company in the nineties; but its internal IT could not adapt very well to its rapid growth. The UNIX based software system that supported its various functions was more suited for a smaller company. This and other events made the adoption of ERP inevitable for Cisco. What factors had made the difference between success and failure of Cisco ERP project?
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