This is a 3rd year elective unit in the BITS. It will provide students with the skills and knowledge to manage the creation, storage, recall and dissemination of business records within organisation-wide frameworks and the design and implementation of recordkeeping policies, strategies and systems in accordance with industry and professional standards.

This unit has been updated as part of a 2009 review and comparison of data with current Handbook, Syllabus + and Callista data.

27/6 - The chief examiner has requested the unit now be timetabled with a 2 hour seminar and a 1 hour tutorial due to higher than normal enrolment numbers.

26/10/2011 - In line with above for Semester 2 2012 the workload/contact hours have been changed due to larger class sizes requiring seminar to be replaced with standard lecture and tute/lab, and to remove the off campus option.

27/5/2013 - Amendment of learning objectives to reflect the different level of cognitive domains for the third year unit versus FIT5107 Managing Business Records. To apply from Semester 2 2013.

19 June 2013 - Amendment of learning objectives to learning outcomes. To apply from Semester 2 2013.

14/05/14 - Admin update: minor change to learning outcomes (as approved by ADE).

30/11/2017 - Unit disestablished at FEC 5/17 Item 7.3.

This unit is an elective in Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems (BITS) and is co-taught with FIT5107. It is on the elective schedule for students interested in obtaining accreditation from ALIA or RIM Professionals Australasia or ASA.

At the completion of this unit students should be able to:

• explain the business processes that recordkeeping activities support, and the evidential requirements for business activities in various organisational settings;
• explain at an operational level how systems are designed and implemented to meet business needs and evidential requirements;
• identify and discuss the suite of policies, standards and best practice guidelines that relate to quality records management;
• undertake basic forms of business analysis in support of records management activities;
• contribute to the design and implementation of recordkeeping systems; and
• advise team members and function managers on records management programs and recordkeeping systems for business purposes

091301

This unit relates to managing the creation, storage, recall and dissemination of business records within organisation-wide frameworks. Topics cover: socio-legal and business requirements for evidence; knowledge bases for representing functions and activities; managing access; designing and implementing recordkeeping policies, strategies and systems in accordance with industry and professional standards, including the International Standard for Records Management, and using recordkeeping business analysis tools (workflow, risk management, identification of vital records, functional analysis).

On-campus

Examination (2 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

6

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

Lab to be held in a Studio

FIT

Completion of 36 points at level 1