The Business Information Process in ASEAN
Abstract
This article looks at how the Far Eastern countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) practise records management. It outlines early and current influences from Britain, America and Australia and describes the different stages of records management development which each of the various nations has reached. Although changes in the laws and increased cost of rent have had an impact on current records management practice, technology seems set to play a significant role in the future, particularly with Singapore, the world's largest producers of disc drives and a major computer manufacturing country, amongst the ASEAN members. To date it has been IT and MIS personnel who have taken control of implementing the latest technology and not always in an appropriate manner. This article predicts that there will be great competition for leadership positions in the information industry over the next few years and that personnel in the three disciplines of librarian, archivist and records manager, need to position themselves near enough to fill these positions at the first opportunity.
Citation
BAILEY, R.L. (1996), "The Business Information Process in ASEAN", Records Management Journal, Vol. 6 No. 3, pp. 173-186. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb027095
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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