This is a core unit of the Library, Archival and Recordkeeping Professional Track of the Master of Business Information Systems Program (MBIS) and the Master of Information Management and Systems, the Graduate Diploma in Information Management and Systems, and the Graduate Certificate of Information Management and Systems, Graduate Diploma in Information and Knowledge Management, and the Graduate Certificate of Information Management and Systems, which is accredited by the Australian Society of Archivists (ASA) and Records and Information Management Professionals Australasia (RIM Professionals Australasia). 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.

22/5/2013 - Assessment amended to 100% in-semester (50% Individual Assignment; 50% Group Assignment) to better align with learning outcomes. Detail to be provided in the unit guide (i.e. 50% assignments task related to tutorial and class discussion and exercises, 50% group case study assignment). To apply from S2 2013.

28/5/2013 - Learning Objectives amended in accordance with changes to FIT3072 to differentiate the cognitive levels. To apply from S2 2013.

19 June 2013 - Learning Objectives updated as learning outcomes. To apply from S2 2013

5 July 2013 - Assessment amendments from 22/5/2013 revoked as not approved.

18/7/13 - Amendments to assessment and prohibitions. Effective Semester 1 2014.

24/7/13 - Amendments to assessment reverted to previously approved version since amendments from 22/5/13 were not approved. Amendments to prohibitions effective Semester 1,2014.

22/1/2014 - Change to contact hours made to align with Handbook entry (bulk upload from CUPID extract). Approved by ADE.

26/6/2014 - Amendments to assessment to combine the practical exercises, class activities and discussion activities

30/6/2014- Made a minor amendment to Objectives based on advice from Director, Education Quality.

12/07/2017: Admin - update CE.

6/2/2018 - Major change necessary to update entire unit to reflect workplace realities in networked environment. Title, synopsis, learning outcomes and assessment changed.

6/2/2018 - Admin: added justification of 100% in-semester assessment on behalf of the CE. For Semester 2, 2018 implementation.

2/1/2020: Changed assessment requirements to Examination (2 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50% in order to minimise potential for plagiarism

09/10/2020 Admin: Update to include new assessment and teaching approach fields as per Handbook requirements.

This is a core unit in the Library, Archival and Recordkeeping Systems Professional Track in the Master of Business Information Systems (MBIS). It is also an elective unit in all FIT Masters courses. This unit is an equivalent to the MS5047 and is co-taught with the BITS undergraduate unit FIT3072 Managing Business Records. This is a core unit for RIM Professionals Australasia and ASA professional recognition as a records manager or archivist.

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

• Analyse the information culture of a workplace;
• Apply business process analysis to recordkeeping;
• Evaluate the ethical dimensions of recordkeeping frameworks, systems, policies and processes;
• Design systems appropriate for the current recordkeeping requirements for specific organisaitons and communities.

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This unit relates to managing the creation, storage, recall and dissemination of records. Recordkeeping is concerned with the management of information as evidence for accountability, transparency, memory and identity purposes. In order to achieve recordkeeping objectives it is essential to take individual, social (including organisational) and technological perspectives into account. Recordkeeping informatics is a continuum based approach to managing authoritative information in today?s shifting, complex and technologically challenging environment.

This unit does not have a prescribed reading.

On-campus and Off-Campus Learning(OCL)

Lecture and tutorials or problem classes This teaching and learning approach provides facilitated learning, practical hands on exploration and peer learning.

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

1. Assignment 1: Recordkeeping Action Brief on Sustainable Development Goals: 25% - ULO: 3,4
2. Assignment 2: Recordkeeping Risk Analysis: 25% - ULO: 1,2,3,4
3. Examination: 50% - ULO: 1,2,3,4

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

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

(b.) Study schedule for off-campus students:

(c.) Additional requirements (all students):

Tutorials to be timetabled into studios

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