Nibbling the Information Elephant - five Local Authorities in to one, how do you do that? AND R&IM Change and Transformation - Creating a new Department
Nibbling the Information Elephant - five Local Authorities in to one, how do you do that?
Late in 2007 the government accepted a bid from Wiltshire County Council to become a unitary authority by merging the district and county council functions together. This was seen as either a sensible way of saving money or a hostile take-over bid depending on which council you worked for. The bid was part of a number of bids that were accepted nationwide including one from our fellow South West County, Cornwall.
What do you when you have spent two years developing a strategy and started sorting out one organisation, you are then faced with the problem of merging with four other organisations who are hostile to the whole process? Take a deep, deep breath.
This is the situation that faced the Records Management team of Wiltshire County Council and it's four district councils, Kennet DC, Salisbury DC, North Wiltshire DC and West Wiltshire DC when Wiltshire was chosen as one of the areas that were to become a large rural unitary authority on 1st April 2009. The presentation will take you from where we were, to where we are now and where we intend to go in the future.
What was the state of Records Management in Wiltshire County Council and how would adding the four districts effect this?
- How did Wiltshire get over the initial hostility? (Did Wiltshire get over the hostility?)
- What do you do when a single EDRM becomes five? Who is hiding all the paper?
- What did Wiltshire Council need to get in place by 1st April 2009?
- Where do Wiltshire Council plan to go from here?
Hopefully you will be taken on a journey from planet chaos to the semblance of order constellation with a vision of the promised land some time within our five light year plan. Warp factor four Mr Unitary.
R&IM Change and Transformation - Creating a new Department
In this case study, we will explore and analyse change techniques and tactics applied while preparing for a Departmental split and creation of a new Department and how this has affected records and information management issues and staff. The change and transformational project has involved file audits and records transfer of approx 14,000 files, intranet developments and access to information issues, and splitting/ migrating 1.3m EDRMS records. Establishing a new government department creates significant organisational change affecting people, processes and technology – discussion will identify leadership strategies and communication adopted and to what success.
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Christopher Tinsley, Wiltshire County CouncilComing from the heart of rural Somerset Chris has worked in IT for longer than he would like to mention.... more...
Zoë Smyth has over 10 years experience in Records and Information Management. Her specialities are international records management standards, EDRMS... more...
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