UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

Faculty of Information Management

Universiti Teknologi MARA

Assessment for IMR 454: Management of Records Repository

ASSIGNMENT 1:
ARTICLE REVIEW AND INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATION
Submission Date Week 10
Value 10%
Type Individual
Task:

You are required to choose an article relate to management of records or archives. For the
means of submitting this assignment, you are required to present the review to the class
with the reasons why you choose that particular article. Your presentation must be in five (5)
slides according to the criteria given. The marks will be given as follows:

a) Author Background
b) Article Objectives
c) Discussion/comments/suggestions
e) References

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ASSIGNMENT 2 : COMMERCIAL RECORDS CENTER PROPOSAL
Submission Date Week 14
Value 20%
Type 3 or 4 members in a group
Task:

1. You have been appointed as a Records Center Manager in a commercial Records

Centre. You are given the task to promote your records center to an IT oriented
company namely Hi-Tech Padu Sdn. Bhd which is interested to store their records at
your records center.

2. Prepare a proposal to the construction company which include the following items:-
a) History of establishment (your company)
b) Mission, vision, objective, etc (your company)
c) Structural of organization – organizational chart/ current customers(your
company)
d) The design of proposed record center
i. Layout of records center
e) Management of Records Center
i. Policy
ii. Administer/manage the records
iii. Maintain the records
iv. Security of records

i. Procedures
 Transferring records
 Retrieving records
 Disposal process
f) Service offered by Records Center
g) Records Center specialty
h) Records Center facility
i) Staffing
i. Roles and responsibilities

3. Prepare a 10 -15 minute’s formal presentation for the company.

4. Report Format:
 Font : 12/ Times New Roman / Arial
 Spacing : 1½
 Pages : 15-20 pages
 References : More than 5 references (APA Citation Style)

5. Marks will be awarded for:

 Clear understanding on the concept
 Creativity and realistic
 Ability to response and communicate during Q&A session
 Teamwork and professional