Individual document management techniques : an explorative study

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dc.contributor.advisorSuleman, Husseinen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSello, Mphoen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-30T19:45:46Z
dc.date.available2014-12-30T19:45:46Z
dc.date.issued2007en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 65-68).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIndividuals are generating, storing and accessing more information than ever before. The information comes from a variety of sources such as the World Wide Web, email and books. Storage media is becoming larger and cheaper. This makes accumulation of information easy. When information is kept in large volumes, retrieving it becomes a problem unless there is a system in place for managing this. This study examined the techniques that users have devised to make retrieval of their documents easy and timely. A survey of user document management techniques was done through interviews. The uncovered techniques were then used to build an expert system that provides assistance with document management decision-making. The system provides recommendations on file naming and organization, document backup and archiving as well as suitable storage media. The system poses a series of questions to the user and offers recommendations on the basis of the responses given. The system was evaluated by two categories of users: those who had been interviewed during data collection and those who had not been interviewed. Both categories of users found the recommendations made by the system to be reasonable and indicated that the system was easy to use. Some users thought the system could be of great benefit to people new to computers.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSello, M. (2007). <i>Individual document management techniques : an explorative study</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10611en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSello, Mpho. <i>"Individual document management techniques : an explorative study."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10611en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSello, M. 2007. Individual document management techniques : an explorative study. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Sello, Mpho AB - Individuals are generating, storing and accessing more information than ever before. The information comes from a variety of sources such as the World Wide Web, email and books. Storage media is becoming larger and cheaper. This makes accumulation of information easy. When information is kept in large volumes, retrieving it becomes a problem unless there is a system in place for managing this. This study examined the techniques that users have devised to make retrieval of their documents easy and timely. A survey of user document management techniques was done through interviews. The uncovered techniques were then used to build an expert system that provides assistance with document management decision-making. The system provides recommendations on file naming and organization, document backup and archiving as well as suitable storage media. The system poses a series of questions to the user and offers recommendations on the basis of the responses given. The system was evaluated by two categories of users: those who had been interviewed during data collection and those who had not been interviewed. Both categories of users found the recommendations made by the system to be reasonable and indicated that the system was easy to use. Some users thought the system could be of great benefit to people new to computers. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - Individual document management techniques : an explorative study TI - Individual document management techniques : an explorative study UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10611 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/10611
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSello M. Individual document management techniques : an explorative study. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems, 2007 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10611en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Information Systemsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherInformation Technologyen_ZA
dc.titleIndividual document management techniques : an explorative studyen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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