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Challenges in Managing Records in the 21st Century

Challenges in Managing Records in the 21st Century

Victor Omeiza Jatto
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781799877400|ISBN10: 179987740X|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799877417|EISBN13: 9781799877424
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7740-0.ch016
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Jatto, Victor Omeiza. "Challenges in Managing Records in the 21st Century." Handbook of Research on Information and Records Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, edited by Josiline Phiri Chigwada and Godfrey Tsvuura, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 241-254. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7740-0.ch016

APA

Jatto, V. O. (2021). Challenges in Managing Records in the 21st Century. In J. Chigwada & G. Tsvuura (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Information and Records Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (pp. 241-254). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7740-0.ch016

Chicago

Jatto, Victor Omeiza. "Challenges in Managing Records in the 21st Century." In Handbook of Research on Information and Records Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, edited by Josiline Phiri Chigwada and Godfrey Tsvuura, 241-254. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7740-0.ch016

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Abstract

The chapter contains the challenges the 21st century record managers after reviewing scholarly literature. It was discovered that what actually differentiates the 21st century from others is the emergence of information and communication technology and internet which an ideal record manager must keep him/herself abreast of if he/she want to stay relevant. The major challenge is the lack of record management policies by both organizations and government. Some other problems include hacking, high cost of information technology infrastructure, information proliferation which is popularly known as information explosion, etc.

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