Management of public sector records in ghana: A descriptive survey

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dc.contributor.authorAkussah, H.
dc.contributor.authorAsamoah, C.
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-26T12:19:20Z
dc.date.available2018-10-26T12:19:20Z
dc.date.issued2015-07
dc.description.abstractPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to survey and evaluate the management of public sectorrecords in Ghana with a view to making constructive recommendations to ensure efficiency in publicadministration.Design/methodology/approach – Published and unpublished works, in addition to institutionalreports, acts and conference materials, were used for the survey and evaluation.Findings – Public sector records management has been a very topical issue in Africa and Ghana. It hasremained a very fundamental subject in Ghana since the institution of public sector reforms in the 1990s.Before the institution of the reform programme, critical records were inaccessible due to unstructuredrecords systems in the ministries, departments and agencies and other government establishments. Itwas found out that the reform programme had brought on board immense capital injection into therecords management sector which enabled an overhaul of the system. All registries in the public sectorwere restructured, a new legislative framework was put in place, a functional records centre wasestablished, an omnibus retention schedule was developed and a number of records staff were trainedand re-trained. It was however found out that Act 535, having been in operation for 17 years, the neededregulation to make it more operational has not yet been put in place. It is the hope that with adequatefunding and structural support, the new system will be sustained to the benefit of efficiency andproductivity of the Ghana public sector.Research limitations/implications – Being a descriptive survey, the research engaged in verylittle evaluation of the impact of the new system put in place on the levels of efficiency and productivityin the public sector. This should be the focus of further research to be carried out.Practical implications – This paper has established the importance of how structures must besustained and systems continuously re-tooled to accommodate changing trends in records managementfor good governance.Originality/value – The paper is a descriptive survey of literature, manuals reports and some degreeof personal observations. It is more of a situation paper and its value resides in the precedence and theevidential value of system intervention and re-tooling. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHarry Akussah, Catherine Asamoah, (2015) "Management of public sector records in Ghana: a descriptive survey", Records Management Journal, Vol. 25 Issue: 2, pp.183-196, https://doi.org/10.1108/RMJ-10-2014-0044en_US
dc.identifier.otherVol. 25 Issue: 2, pp.183-196
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1108/RMJ-10-2014-0044
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/24893
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRecords Management Journalen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.subjectGood governanceen_US
dc.subjectPublic recordsen_US
dc.subjectRecordkeeping systemen_US
dc.titleManagement of public sector records in ghana: A descriptive surveyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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