-
Factors Affecting Effective Records Keeping In Business Organizations
CHAPTER ONE -- [Total Page(s) 2]
Page 1 of 2
-
-
-
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Record
keeping occupies a strategic position in the efficient and effective
management of the organization. In fact, it is central in the
administration of the business organization because it documents the
planning and implementation of appropriate information allowing proper
monitoring of work. The approach is for records created in the course of
day-to-day business of the organization to be stored and kept in hard
copies as evidence of an action, decision or process. However, the
process of record keeping provides a framework for keeping, maintaining
and providing for the disposition of records and what is contained in
them. They are therefore intended to benefit all members of staff by
facilitating continuity and evaluation of services and preserving
privacy. This framework is provided for by guidelines designed to
educate people on decisions regarding professional record keeping. For
instances, American Psychological Association (APA 2007) contains the
“Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct†generally
required for the maintenance of appropriate records of psychological
services. Unfortunately, the Nigeria situation in the business of record
keeping and management especially in most business organizations system
has not been too successful because of lack of management components
(Omeyi 1997). It is hoped that if these options are adopted in the
business organizations, perhaps most if not all the problems associated
with record keeping would have been addressed. It is on this premise
that this research work set out to examine factor affecting effective
record keeping in business organizations.
1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT
Perhaps
it would not be an overstatement to say that record keeping problems
are common to the different levels of the business organizations. It is
however becoming clearer that it is more pronounced because accurate,
reliable and trustworthy records that fulfill evidential requirements
are being created but not properly managed. This therefore becomes an
issue of great concern to government, stakeholders and office managers,
individuals and organizations. In the past, frantic efforts to improve
the situation in many organizations through the introduction of
computers and internet services as well as development of database
management system do not seem to have helped the situation much because
the record management system is still conventionally paper-based and
manual in operation. Many management staff complains of funds, and
material resources. The reality reveals gross inadequacy of qualified
personnel, facilities, students’ explosion and space problem. This study
is therefore a response to the challenge by striving to empirically
identify these problems and well defined management options that could
improve record keeping processes in universities especially in the study
area.
CHAPTER ONE -- [Total Page(s) 2]
Page 1 of 2
-
-
ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study was determined to examine the factors affecting effective records keeping in business organizations the purpose of the study was to examine the benefit of records keeping to the organization, to examine the extent to which management secure record in modern business organizations, to examine the problems that are associated with record keeping in modern business organization and to examine the management option that can be employed to improve record keeping processes in universities. ... Continue reading---
