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A model for addressing parallelism of systems in the management of data: The Namibian case

Published in: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development
Volume 10 , issue 6 , 2018 , pages: 691–700

DOI: 10.1080/20421338.2018.1491676

Author(s): Irja Shaanika Department of Information Technology, South Africa , Monica Maletzky Department of Information Technology, South Africa , Tiko Iyamu Department of Information Technology, South Africa

Keywords: information systems , systems parallelism , data management , qualitative research methods , interpretivism

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Abstract

As in many countries, the volume of data that has been generated by the Namibian government administrations and agencies in recent years has increased drastically in rapidity. Consequently, this has led to difficulties and challenges in the control and management of the voluminous data. These challenges arise from inconsistency, unavailability and duplications, which are caused by the nature of the huge data. Thus, the Namibian government deployed different systems — ‘paper-based’ system, electronic record management system (ERMS) and information management system (IMS) — to manage their data in order to gain efficiency and effectiveness, towards improved service delivery to society.

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