...Research proposal on “RECORD MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN ICT ENVIRONMENT” Case study: Prime Minister Office – Regional Administration and Local Government TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE 4 1 INTRODUCTION 4 1.1 Overview of business records management in Tanzania 5 1.2 Statement of the Problem 6 1.2.1 Legal requirements: 7 1.2.2 Policy instruments: 8 1.2.3 The current situation 9 1.3 Objectives of the study 10 1.3.1 General objective 10 1.3.2 Specific objectives 11 1.4 Research Questions 11 1.5 Significance of the study 12 2 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 13 2.1 Introduction 13 2.2 DATA, INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT 13 2.2.1 An overview of data, information, knowledge and records 13 2.2.2 Role of data, information, knowledge and records in organizations 14 2.2.3 Information and knowledge as critical resources in development 15 2.3 Meaning of Record 17 2.3.1 Records Management 17 2.3.2 Record keeping principles 18 2.3.3 Management of Public Records 27 2.3.4 Functions and responsibilities of a records office 28 2.4 Record management policies 29 2.5 Managing electronic records 30 2.6 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF THE STUDY 31 2.6.1 Records life-cycle 31 2.6.2 Records continuum 33 2.6.3 Hybrid records life-cycle theory 36 2.6.4 Linking the theoretical framework to the research problem 37 3 CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 39 3.1 Introduction 39 3.2 Research area 39 3.3 Research design 39 3.4 Population and sampling procedure 39 3.5...
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...| ICT in Business | Assessment 1, Part1 | | | 2 October 2012 | | Table of Contents Q 1. 2 Strategic management 2 Tactical management 2 Operational management 3 Q 2. 3 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) 3 Decision Support System (DSS) 4 Transaction Processing System (TPS) 4 Q 3. 4 Computer Misuse Act 1990 4 Data Protection Act 1998 4 Research 5 Q 1. There are 3 levels of management: Strategic, Tactical and Operational. All 3 levels of management within the organisation require information with different characteristics to manage the company successfully and to reach the goals. Strategic management is the highest level or Top management (Chief executive, managing Directors). These level deals with organisational growth and all long-term decisions, like expansion, relocation, merger, new IT system introduction. Strategic management always rely on information of 2 other levels of management: of tactical and operational levels. Strategic management of BW is responsible for introduction of new IT systems for whole organisation, as different areas in the business have designed and implemented their own systems and there is no communication between all areas. Planning of new IT systems should involve cost/benefit analysis. Company will require market research about the customers and competitors, feedback from customers and suppliers, so the company require internal and external information. Internal: * Advantages and...
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... which is a distance education and ICT service company. The investment project is significantly potential in Philippine. It shows clearly that the company will recover within four years. Also, there is a great profit for the long-term consideration. The report begins with background of the entrepreneurial venture, and then analysis about creating the new business’s factors which consist of: management problem, marketing issue, rivalry analysis, financial estimate, risks and potential challenges involved. This business plan submits to a risky capitalist, and to fund from capitalist which in favor of the DBG Company. Table of contents 1. Executive Summary 1 2. Introduction 1 3. Description of Entrepreneurial Venture 2 4. Management 2 5. Marketing 3 6. Competitor analysis 3 7. Financial Analysis 4 8. Key risks and challenge 7 9. Conclusion 7 10. Bibliography 8 2. Introduction The development of ICT Information and Communications Technology, known as ICT, not only include telecommunication, IT and media in a broad sense, but also various kinds of video industries, transmission and networking that relied on monitoring and control functions (Smith, 2008). As an essential term of many academic institutes, ICT is thought to be the extended version of Information technology (IT). With a new tendency, many companies have their innovation on promoting ICT (Kandiri, 2011). Among the undeveloped centuries, new ICT is largely recognized as a tool that...
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...(http://www.arraydev.com/commerce/jibc/) ICT Adoption in Malaysian SMEs from Services Sectors: Preliminary Findings Alam, S. S., Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Business Management, MARA University of Technology, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia E-mail: syedshah@salam.uitm.edu.my Dr. Syed Shah Alam is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Business Management at MARA University of Technology, Shah Alam, Selangor Malaysia. He holds a B.Com (Marketing), M.Com (Triple) Marketing, Finance and Banking and Management, Ph.D. in E-Commerce. His research interest includes Mobile E-commerce, E-business, Ecommerce and online trust. Mst. Nilufar Ahsan, Research Fellow, Faculty of Business & Law, Multimedia University, 75450 Melaka, Malaysia E-mail: nilu-far70@yahoo.com Mst Nilufar Ahsan holds a B.Com (Management), and M.Com in Management. Her research interest includes organizational behaviour, and ICT management area. She is currently a doctoral candidate in the Faculty of Business and Law, Multimedia University, Melaka Malaysia. Abstract The purpose of this research was to investigate the extent to which small and medium size businesses in the southern region in Malaysia are prepared for ICT adoption. Most of the businesses have now accepted ICT as an important tool to increase its business in the domestic as well as global market place. In future ICT will grow more rapidly in the Malaysian SMEs sectors. In order to increase the effectiveness of ICT, companies can use Internet to present almost...
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...Info3 Ict Revision Guide[pic] Table of Contents Chapter One: Future Developments 5 Emerging Technologies 5 Benefits to Leisure from Technology Advances 6 Potential future uses of ICT 6 Implications of future developments of ICT 7 Issues surrounding the rapid development of ICT 7 Chapter 2: Information and Systems 8 What is an organisation 8 Structure of an organisation 8 Pyramid Structures 9 Horizontal Structures 9 How has the development of ICT affected the organisational structure 10 Activities within an organisation 10 Strategic Level of task 10 Tactical level of task 10 Operational Level of Task 10 Exchanging Information with External Bodies 10 Chapter 3: Types of ICT system 12 Common Ict Systems 12 Legacy Systems 12 Back office systems 12 Day-to-day working systems 13 Management Information Systems 13 Enterprise resource planning systems 13 Customer Relationship Management Systems 13 Decision Support Systems 14 Ecommerce systems 14 Chapter 4: Managing ICT 15 Organisation Size 15 Information Flow 15 ICT management and business strategy 15 Chapter 5 ICT Strategy 16 Factors Influencing a Strategy 16 Managing Information Assets over time 16 The Need for a Corporate Strategy 17 Upgrading Hardware & software 17 Standards 17 Chapter 6: ICT Policies 18 Ict Training Policy 18 ICT security Policy 18 ICT procurement Policy 19 Chapter 7: Legislation 20 Impact of Legislation on ICT policies 20 Developed Legislation 20 Copyright Designs and Patent Act 1988 21 Software theft 21 Health...
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...The Australian Cyber Security Capability Framework (CSCF) & Mapping of ISM Roles by Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) formalizes training, certification, competency and development requirements for staff employed within the IT Security profession [14]. The 20- pages Framework has a two level structure with six main categories of capability: Service Delivery; IT Business Management; Business Change; Solutions Development; Solutions Implementation; and Service Support. The Security domain sits within the Service Delivery area and it is broken down into four capability groupings: Service Delivery; IS; Technology Audit; and Emerging Technology Monitoring. The competencies are mapped onto the Framework based on complexity...
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...P.O Box 2142 | Telephone: | +254 716 174 062 | | | Postal Code | 00200 | Email: | robertoketch@yahoo.com | | | PROFILE: Robert has a bachelor degree in Strategic Management. He also has a Certificate in Computer Packages and its Applications. Robert is a social scientist with a good grasp of social and economic development issues in Kenya. Having worked as an administrative assistant in Agrobiologica Africa Ltd now Development Shift consultancy, Kogelo Village Resort in the Management Trustee team as the Operation manager, Lake Basin Development Authority as an intern in Human Resource and Administration department, he has valuable experience in managing the administrative, human resource and operations in an organization. He has managed program portfolios and worked with technical teams and service providers where he provided guidance and program support. Robert therefore has extensive experience working in human resource and administrative departments. In these organizations he assisted in salary preparation (ERP), collecting, managing, interpreting and storing data and management and maintenance of office equipments and assisting secretarial duties. KEY SKILLS/COMPETENCIES * Registry Management: has experience in general records keeping in the central registry. Filling and management of employees’ complete records in files. Receiving, filling and detaching documents and efficient storage of the organization’s documents for future reference. * Excellent...
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...KEKONG PIUS EKWO Tophill Schools, Accra Street, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja. piuskekongekwo@yahoo.com 07065487578/08125798587 _________________________________________________________________________________________ PERSONAL DATA Date of Birth: 30th December, 1985 Place of Birth: Katchuan Irruan, Local Government Area: Boki State of Origin: Cross River Nationality: Nigerian Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Permanent Home Address: N0 37 Oil Mill Close, Katchuan Irruan, Boki, L.G.A, Cross River State. _________________________________________________________________________________________ CAREER OBJECTIVE To work with existing staff and facilities, contributing the best of my ability and quota, so as to improve organizational objectives and achieve managerial goals and targets. ________________________________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS: 2012 – 2013 National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) 2007 – 2011 Adamawa State University, Mubi B.Sc (Hons.) Computer Science (Second Class Upper) 1995 – 2001 Secondary Commercial School, Bekpor Irruan Secondary School Certificate Examination 1989 – 1995 Lutheran Primary School, Katchuan Irruan First School Leaving Certificate (FSLC) ______________________________________________________________________________________ CERTIFICATION: 2013 ...
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...Sir / Madam, I am college student at TheUniversity in Germany, where I follow “International Business and Management Studies” . For one of my courses, I have an assignment to interview a company where ICT is used significantly. The first thing that came in my head when I wanted to start this assignment was “Facebook”. Facebook has become one of the leading social network in the world. But behind this great company lies a mass of people who have realized it, and today employees do their best to improve this network. My mission for my course is to have an interview with a company like yours. For my assignment I made a few questions, I will be pleased if you can answer them. 1. Which operating system is currently being used, are there plans to change or update in the future? If so which new operating system will be used and when? 2. Which Office Application system is currently being used? Indicate the presentation of workers who use each application, (for example e-mail (Outlook) -100%) Are there plans to upgrade or change, if so when? 3. Which other ICT applications are used within the company and why? (Think about databases, CRMs, portals) 4. Where does the company see the future going to (in regards to ICT) 5. Does the company encourage home-workers and what facilities do they offer. 6. When an employee starts working (graduation at HBO level) what ICT skills are important for that employee to have. And if you can give a short interview about yourself, like...
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...decision about the work I’ll do in life was based on criteria that reflected my experiences in life, my personality, skills and most importantly, what drew me in. My choice of Data and Knowledge Management as a career was not made lightly; rather, it was the culmination of a process of reflection, research into what the inner me truly desired and what I wanted to do with my life and my education. My interest in information systems dates back to 2010 when I first enrolled for a university diploma in Information and Communication Technology Management (ICT Management). Even though this was not my first encounter with computers, the way the lecturers approached every course subject brought alive in me, a special interest in Information Systems...
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...ago, Nokia has been having an inspiring developing procedure which came originally from a riverside wood pulp mill in South-Western Finland to presently the leader enterprise of the global telecommunication industry. We have kept running for a long way to what we represent at this moment. Now, a much more opportunity-filled path located in front of our sight, which would lead to a brilliant and unbelievable future. 2. Industry and Competitors According to the newest raking of information and communication technology (ICT), Nokia still kept the first place while we are having more than 50,000 Euros net yearly profit. In addition, there is an over 10,000 millions Euros gap between the second one--CISIO Systems and us. Also, in the sustainability ranking for ICT industry held by Tomorrow's Value Rating, Nokia has got a second-ranked score. (GreenerComputing, 2010) 3. Employee Policies and Benefits According to the latest statistics from the Nokia personal management data system, we have cleaned up and classified the figures below. ▪ At the end of 2011, Nokia employed 56,364 people. ▪ At the end of 2011, 15.2% of...
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...circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peerreviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications. © 2009 by Nicholas Bloom, Luis Garicano, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. All rights reserved. Short sections of text, not to exceed two paragraphs, may be quoted without explicit permission provided that full credit, including © notice, is given to the source. The distinct effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on firm organization Nicholas Bloom, Luis Garicano, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen NBER Working Paper No. 14975 May 2009 JEL No. F23,O31,O32,O33 ABSTRACT Empirical studies on information communication technologies (ICT) typically aggregate the "information" and "communication" components together. We show theoretically and empirically that these have very different effects on the empowerment of employees, and by extension on wage inequality. If managerial hierarchies are devices to acquire and transmit...
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...Name I am currently a pupil at Plumstead Manor School, which I have attended since September 2007. I am taking GCSE’s in Mathematics, English Language, English Literature, Additional Science, Citizenship, ICT, Geography, German, BTEC Business, Religious Studies, PSHE and Physical Education. My coursework has been good and I hope to achieve good grade in all of my subjects. As a team player in the tutor group. I have been a form captain and had the responsibility of liaising between the students and senior managers in the school. I have also regularly taken part in sports activities and Sports day. My extra-curricular interests mean that I have to work hard to make sure that my school work does not suffer, and have developed excellent time management skills. I use my time at school wisely and attend after school ICT club, to make sure that all my ICT coursework is up to date, and to a high standard. I have been on several school trips to support my academic studies, including trips to museums and residential stays. On these residential stays-I was able to my team building skills. They also helped to boast my confidence, because the activities which we participated in made me work outside my comfort zone and meet new people. We also went to the Houses of Parliament for Citizenship and the Science Museum. These activities have given me the opportunity to see different aspects of life and environments. I have volunteered to be a guide for parent’s evenings and...
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...your personality?I have lack of patienceWhat circumstances make you feel frustrated/unhappy?When I am under pressure I make me feel frustrated. | OpportunitiesAre there any job vacancies available to you?No I am still Appling for the job.Are there any gaps in the market you could exploit?Yes there is gap in market for me.Are there any scholarships/University places available to you No I am still waiting. | ThreatsDo you have any potential financial problems?No I do not have any problemsDo you face competition for places?Sometime I doCould your skills become out of date?Yes they could | ADD YOUR CV ALSO Personal Statement: I am currently studying BTEC Level 3 Business Studies and BTEC Level 2 ICT at Alec Reed Academy. I am in quest to complete a degree for a career in Police Management Level 4 and 5, whilst also looking for a position that would enable me to use my skills and knowledge into practice as well as gaining more experience. I am a professional, confident, self-motivated individual with good communication and practical skills. I am hardworking, open-minded and energetic with the ability to...
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...Introduction When it comes to business success, managers are an essential part. They play many different parts. According to an article by K. Cieslinska entitled “The Basic Roles of Manager in Business Organization”, as sited from R.W. Griffin (2000), a manager is the person responsible for realization of management process and makes plans, decisions, organizes, supervises and controls human, finances and information resources (Cieslinska 2007). Another view of what a manager is taken from A. Pocztowski, also cited in Cieslinska’s article suggest that managers are charged with “the art of reaching goals by proper using the finance, material and human resources” (Cieslinska 2007). Sometimes they act as a “go-between” for employees and the upper management, they make sure that tasks are complete, and they also have obligations in the functional areas of the organization. This paper will discuss the role of managers within the functional areas of a business. Functional Areas of a Business and the Managers Role In a large company or organization, there will be several different departments, each having its own specific task or job to perform. These tasks or jobs are called the “function” of that particular department. According to the Business Dictionary, functional area is defined as “grouping of individuals on the basis of the function each performs in the organization, such as accounting, marketing, and manufacturing; or grouping of activities or processes...
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