Course Description
A business can reduce its costs and enhance its performance when there is a well-organized records management system in place. Records Management is an essential guide for developing and maintaining such a system. It does so by covering the record life cycle, record formats, and the concept of information governance. The course then delves into the use of alphabetic storage, numeric storage, and geographic storage, along with many records management best practices and a discussion of records retention. The course concludes with coverage of electronic records management, including such topics as the different types of electronic media, record safety, and the mitigation of catastrophic record damage.

Author: Steven Bragg

Course Number: BM1003

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Records Management Overview
Chapter 2. Record Storage SystemsChapter 3. Elements of a Records Management System
Chapter 4. Electronic Records Management

Learning Objectives

• Identify the different types of records.

• Specify the different components of a records management system.

• Recognize the steps used to store a record under the alphabetic storage system.

• Recall the rules that apply to sorting and cross-referencing names.

• Specify the characteristics of the different types of record storage systems.

• Identify the characteristics of the different types of record storage equipment and supplies.

• Recall the forms and logs used in a records management system.

• Identify the criteria used to retain records for differing periods of time.

• Specify the methods used to optimize a directory structure.

• Recognize the types of metadata that may be associated with a record.

Level: Overview

Instructional Method: QAS Self-Study

NASBA Category: Business Management & Organization

Prerequisites: None

Advance Preparation: None

Latest Review Date:February 2023

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AccountingTools, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org .

The NASBA sponsor identification number for Accountingtools, Inc. is 115881.

AccountingTools is an IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider. We are compliant with the requirements for continuing education providers (as described in sections 10.6 and 10.9 of the Department of Treasury’s Circular No. 230 and in other IRS guidance, forms, and instructions). Our IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider number is 72821.