Information Governance and Readiness to E-Records Management: Inputs to Data Administration Plan

Due to globalization and change that was brought by the necessity of innovation, majority of organizational services have moved to providing pertinent information in electronic formats. This study aimed to determine the information governance and readiness to e-records management in one Private University in Batangas. Specifically, it seeks to determine the information governance in view of data and information responsibilities, data and information quality, and data and information use; evaluate the readiness to e-records management in terms of availability of policy, strategies adopted, and resources available; test the significant relationship of information governance and readiness to e-records management; and to propose a plan of action that will improve the data efficiency of the University. This study is descriptive in nature and was participated by 174 administrative personnel of a selected university in Batangas City. It made use of modified questionnaire as its primary data gathering instrument, and  had an excellent remark of a 0.955 Cronbach’s Alpha. The needed data were encoded, tallied and interpreted using different statistical tools such as frequency distribution, ranking, weighted mean and other appropriate statistical tools, and were further analyzed and interpreted through SPSS version 28. Results revealed that there has been a strong sense of information governance in the university.  However, they were only ready towards E-records management. Moreover, there is a high relationship information governance and E-records management. Various recommendations were posted including a plan of action that will promote data efficiency.

 Keywords – Data Efficiency, Electronic Records Management, Information Governance