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Record Nr.

UNINA9910168749803321

Autore

Megill Kenneth A. <1939->

Titolo

Corporate memory : records and information management in the knowledge age / / Kenneth A. Megill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mùˆnchen, : K.G. Saur, c2005

Munchen, Germany : , : K.G. Saur, , 2005

ISBN

1-282-07366-4

9786612073663

3-598-44011-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 143 pages)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Classificazione

QP 345

Disciplina

658.4038

Soggetti

Corporations - Information services - Management

Information resources management

Information retrieval

Documentation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-134) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. Empowerment -- CHAPTER TWO. The memory problem -- CHAPTER THREE. The corporate memory and Records Management -- CHAPTER FOUR. The document as a verb -- CHAPTER FIVE. Valuing documents -- CHAPTER SIX. The corporate memory manager -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The technologies -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Performance Centered Learning -- CHAPTER NINE. Workflow -- CHAPTER TEN. Improvements -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Making it happen -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

'Corporate memory' is the body of information that an organization needs to keep for re-use. It is the active and historical information that an organization has that is worth sharing, managing and preserving to enable it to function effectively. This book is aimed at records managers and archivists, who are responsible for maintaining and managing information within an organization. It describes fully the most up-to-date methods and approaches to this essential function. In addition, it also discusses the adoption of an international standard for record management.