- Title
- Investigation into the state of digital records management in the provincial government of Eastern Cape: a case study of the office of the premier
- Creator
- Munetsi, Ndakasharwa
- Subject
- Records -- Management
- Subject
- Information resources management -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Electronic records -- Management
- Subject
- Electronic records -- Law and legislation -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- M Bibl
- Identifier
- vital:11571
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/496
- Identifier
- Records -- Management
- Identifier
- Information resources management -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Electronic records -- Management
- Identifier
- Electronic records -- Law and legislation -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Description
- The study sought to investigate the viability of digital records management in the Office of the Premier (OTP) in the Eastern Cape Province. The objectives of the study were to establish the current status of digital records management in the OTP, determine the compliance with the legal framework, identify the requisite infrastructure for digital records management (DRM), describe the security and preservation measures for DRM, and the challenges of managing digital records. Purposive sampling was used to select 40 participants. A questionnaire was used to collect data. The study revealed that the OTP has taken a number of initiatives aimed at establishing records management practices. However, the study found that the OTP is faced with a number of challenges in trying to use the Electronic Document and Records Management System (EDRMS). The majority of the employees did not have any qualification in records management. This lack of skills and competencies affects the implementation of the new system. The findings of the study showed that most of the employees were resisting using the new system because they were not comfortable with it. The study recommends that the department should encourage its staff to get training to be knowledgeable in the use of EDRMS which generates records; the staff should work closer with the consultancy in order to gain skills and knowledge to facilitate the change process, and the security and preservation of digital records should be enhanced.
- Format
- xiii, 126 leaves; 30 cm
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
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