Abstract
Monsoon season in Malaysia give a big impact essentially related with natural disaster such floods as a common incident that happen almost every year. There is a need for intervention, for better understanding of the disaster preparedness in records management. Thus, a systematic planning is needed to
plan and carry out its function and roles. The purpose of this study is to examine the coordination, organizational response and mitigation of previous floods for future intervention at one (1) of the public universities in East Malaysia. The goal of this study is also to examine disaster preparedness on paper-based data which is records and document during a flood incident and what can be learnt from a previous occurrence and come up with a range of provisions. This study used qualitative approach that involved structured interview and unstructured information. Population groups have been selected according to their role and qualification to ensure all data is credible and accurate. Finding showed that disaster preparedness on records management has not been prepared accordingly. Awareness is the main factors that contribute to the success of records disaster preparedness plan. However, emergency management in this university only focus on human safety and expensive equipment without notice about vital records.
Metadata
Item Type: | Article |
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Creators: | Creators Email / ID Num. Zulkipli, Fatin Nur fatinnurzulkifli@gmail.com Mat Yatin, Saiful Farik farik@uitm.edu.my Hussin, Nurussobah UNSPECIFIED |
Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GB Physical geography > Hydrology. Water > Rivers. Stream measurements > Floods Q Science > QC Physics > Meteorology. Climatology. Including the earth's atmosphere > Climatology and weather Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Library Science. Information Science > Information storage and retrieval systems |
Divisions: | Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor > Puncak Perdana Campus > Faculty of Information Management |
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Information and Knowledge Management (JIKM) |
UiTM Journal Collections: | UiTM Journal > International Journal of Information and Knowledge Management (JIKM) |
ISSN: | 2231-8836; e-ISSN: 2289-5337 |
Volume: | 11 |
Number: | 2 |
Page Range: | pp. 156-172 |
Keywords: | Disaster preparedness, records management preparedness, emergency management, records control |
Date: | October 2021 |
URI: | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/65514 |