Global economy is facing the tendency toward outsourcing and subcontracting, associated with distributed data pro-cessing, favoring the growth of micro-enterprises, self-employment and freelance knowledge workers.
The concept of records management aided by information and communication technologies (ICTs) has recently been embraced by many institutions across the globe. For example, organisations that have implemented the Electronic Document and Records Management System (EDRMS are deemed to be better equipped to handle both internally and externally generated records.