...Peta Ifould; Pauline Joseph Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a unique perspective into user difficulties working with the functional business classification scheme (BCS) to register, search and retrieve corporate information at the Western Australia Police (WA Police). Design...

... methodology was used, involving open‐ended interviews, participant observations and internal documentary material. Findings The studies revealed that very few of the organizations used a functional classification scheme (FCS) organization‐wide to classify records when the data collection took...

... management systems Information management Standards Classification schemes ISO 15489 is a widely accepted international standard (An, 2006 ; Steemson, 1999, 2002, 2005 ; Weinstein, 2005) commonly used by organisations as a benchmark when designing and implementing their RM regime. It provides...

...Pekka Henttonen; Kimmo Kettunen Purpose This paper seeks to examine how an electronic records management system has been used in a Finnish government agency. In particular, it aims to study the relationship between functional classification scheme and the way users in different organisational...

...Jeff Morelli Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the problems of using metadata to file electronic documents as well as the problems of using a purely functional filing scheme. It aims to explore how a functional file plan can be created from a business classification scheme...

...Diane Bedford; Jeff Morelli Purpose The paper aims to provide a practical example of the implementation of a business classification scheme (BCS) within the Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA) Design/methodology/approach The case study encompasses the implementation of the BCS...

...María José del Olmo Purpose This paper aims to present the Business Classification Scheme used by the Directorate General Environment of the European Commission. Design/methodology/approach The classification was developed following the functional methodology commonly recommended...

... management Project management Classification schemes The future of managing electronic records is complex, and goes beyond the procurement of an EDRM system. Sounds simple, but how well is this concept understood by records managers? This week I attended a seminar on the retention of e‐mail. The talk...

... management. Careful preparation of the Business Classification Scheme pays dividends on implementation. Use of the OGC Gateway project control helped make sure that the project was completed to time and budget. Research limitations/implications The National Weights and Measures Laboratory...