IRMP

Key Stages in the Development of an IRM Programme

providing physical protection for records

managing records in records centres

organising and controlling records

managing archives

restructuring existing systems

supporting and sustaining the IRM programme

Structuring the existing system

Developing a strategic plan

Reviewing and revising records legislation

Reviewing existing records services

Reviewing and revising national policies

Reviewing and revising organisational policies and structures

Determining resource requirements, such as facilities and staffing

Reviewing and revising national policies

Developing strategic and business plans

Managing the creation, maintenance and use of files

Building sound record-keeping systems

Implementing and maintaining preservation measures

Developing emergency plans to protect records

Identifying and protecting vital records

Transferring, storing and retrieving records according to disposal schedules

Disposing of records as indicated by the schedules

Developing and maintaining records centre facilities

Acquiring and receiving archives

Arranging and describing archives according to archival

Providing public access to the archives

Promoting education for records and archives personnel

Developing and expanding the records and archives professions

Promoting records services to the government and the public

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Organisational Policies and Structures

Determining Resource Requirements

Reviewing and Revising National Policies

Developing a Strategic Plan

legislation is comprehensive and usable

The process of identifying an organisation’s mission, aims and objectives, determining its needs, capabilities and resources, and then developing strategies

⭐identifying the organisation’s mission, goals and objectives
⭐determining opportunities and threats in the external environment
⭐determining the organisation’s needs, capabilities and resources
⭐determining the organisation’s goals and objectives within the time frame provided

⭐records offices for the storage and use of current records
⭐records centres for the storage and retrieval of semi-current records
⭐archival repositories for the preservation and use of archival records.

🔒Policies provide more detailed guidelines than can be included in legislation

🚩definitions, responsibility and authority
🚩the life-cycle concept of records and the continuum concept of records care
🚩care of local government records and non-governmental records
🚩identification of places of deposit and provisions for public access
🚩financial management and related legal provisions