Course: Records Management I

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Course title Records Management I
Course code KHI/K203
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Sulitková Ludmila, doc. PhDr. CSc.
  • Čtvrtník Mikuláš, doc. PhDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
-Term, office, authority, office instructions and rules in historical development -Characteristics of records or file material in historical context -Bureaucratization - more modern forms of office work in the 16 century in the context of whole Europe -Characteristics of main offices in the Czech state ( including authonomous authorities) in history and their transformation in the period of Elightenment and mainly in the 2nd half of the 19 century -Introduction of reference number as a main element of records management system in the period of reforms of Maria Theresia and Joseph II, new manipulation rules and aids for administration of registry-offices -Introduction of single file protocol (for received and despatched documents) in the middle of the 19 century -New records management systems (Low Austrian or Kielmanseggs or Rapprichs and their use in offices of the land and regional authorities in the beginning of the 20 century -Service pragmatics (or Service Act) in Habsburg Monarchy and the new Republic -Organization of records management in the First Czechoslovak Republic (with the use of older traditions) -Introduction of decimal classification system -Records management after the WWII and significant changes after the administration reform in the 50th of the 20 century -Return to original systems from the end of the 50th of the 20 c. and development until the end of the 20 century -So called hybrid records management in present days.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is present students with help of all available resources with historical development of systems regulating competences of responsible officials at consideration of certain issues, as well as systems needed for handling official agenda itself and subsequent depositing of processed documents in registries. Some of the principles of records management which formed at the end of the 19 century especially in Anglo-Saxon world are still valid in present days. Students will be thus understand that even in present days when we use electronic records management system ( about which students will learn later) or e-documents instead of a classical one basic principles of handling documents do not change in everyday work in the office.
Student will have the basic idea of the methodological and methodical problems in the process of records management, which stand at the base of work of all public institutions and corporations in the Czech Republic. During the process is thus created a natural basis (after selection within the shredding procedure) for subsequent formation of archival collections as a part of the national cultural heritage . Students will acquire elementary knowledge about the development of methodology of records management and their possible application in the present time in which as it is so-called transitional period hybrid document management systems have been applied.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Distance students will be required to selfstudy literature as well as other material concerning the subject.They will be able to communicate with a teacher through communication forum and they will be assigned concrete tasks. Credits will be given on the basis of a produced essay.
Recommended literature
  • Bohumír Brom. Spisová a archivní služba ve veřebném a soukromém sektoru. Praha, 2013.
  • Jan Schwaller - Jana Schwallerová - Karel Matuška - Radomír Ševčík. Archivnictví a spisová služba ve veřejném sektoru v příkladech, otázkách a odpovědích. Praha, 2015.
  • Miroslav Kunt - Tomáš Lechner. Spisová služba. Praha, 2015.
  • Pavel Mates - Vladimír Smejkal. E-government v České republice a jeho právní a technologické aspekty. Praha, 2013.
  • Tomáš Lechner. Elektronické dokumenty v právní praxi.. Praha, 2013.
  • Václav Rameš. Slovník pro historiky a návštěvníky archivů. Praha, 2005.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Archival Science and Record Management (A13) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter