In reference to the question where will RIM be in the future??  I was browsing the latest copy of "Network Computing" magazine and came across the following article:

http://www.nwc.com/1323/1323ws1.html

Looks to me like IT is finally getting it!!

Thanks,
Lisa Mahoney
Int'l Records Analyst
Lucent Technologies, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Sanders [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: November 4, 2002 5:11 PM
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Subject: Re: Records Management in the future


The following is not by me but is a submission by someone who is not in a
position to be a list subscriber but whose opinions and contribution I
value.

Cheers

Glenn

Glenn Sanders
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Where do you, as records management professionals, see the Records
Management profession in 5 years?  Or even in 10 years?  What will our
role
be in our organizations?

Ideal
If current trends continue, there will be an increasing degree of
stratification within the profession. We will see more of our peers become
specialized within the profession. To draw parallels, we ca look to the
legal and medical professions. An umbrella organization will take
ownership
of the profession. Ethical codes will have enforcement power.
Professionals
will need to certify both in general knowledge and in their specialty. We
as
Knowledge/Information (pick your buzz word carefully) Managers will
control
own business processes that fall within our area of expertise. Severe
sanctions will result from the inability to perform within required
parameters. Organizationally, the relative position of the professional
will
depend on the level of expertise, specialty, and the type of organization
being serviced. The different professional levels will be carefully
defined
and specific requirements laid down for knowledge, performance, and
results.
The umbrella organization will be made up of those professionals attaining
the highest levels within the profession. To be a member of the Bar
Association you have to pass the test. To be called a doctor, you must
pass
the test. To be a Records Manager.....

5years
organizational stability

10 years
A carefully carved out niche in the business process at every level

Probable
If current trends continue, the profession will remain fragmented. The
profession will remain undefined. A clear hierarchy of professional
achievement will fail to develop. Recognition of individual and group
leadership within our current distinguishable interest groups will remain
isolated. The ability of professionals to develop and mature in given
disciplines within the profession will continue to be based solely on
individual achievement and drive. Organizationally the profession will
remain a loose confederation of special interest groups, individuals and
regional disunity. The professional organizations will vie for dollars,
membership, participation and sharing of information and knowledge.
Professionals will continue to define their role, purpose, and position
solely on individual criteria. To be a Records Manager requires that you
call yourself one.

5 years
increased numbers
role the same

10 years
Increased numbers
Relative position diminished
ability to move up as a profession unlikely


Bummer
If current trends continue, the profession will be sublimated. We as
professionals will cease to be relevant in technology oriented, save it
all,
purging society. Risk will determine that saving it all is less risk than
managing it. ITS professionals will continue to dominate policy
development
in the area information/ content management. Records managers will exist
as
individual persons carrying out specific content management functions. The
professionals will have failed to instill proper business practices,
failed
to ensured the survival of historical information, failed protect the
organizations from legal fallout, lower operational costs, and create
levels
of efficiency that will help to keep their organizations viable. Records
management organizations will be solely based on Members at Large. The
Profession will not be defined as a central body. We will not dictate or
even have input into legislation except as individuals.

5 years
decline in Org. membership at the local level
failure to define the profession
failure to define mission
failure to define goals
failure to create


10 years

Morte

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