Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Knowledge and Information Science Department,, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Knowledge and Information Science Department,, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

3 M.A. of, Knowledge and Information Science,, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The persent research has been done with a view to the identification , analysis and providing a graphical representation of information audit at Iran Khodro's Central department of technical and systematic records. The present research is essentially an applied one and as regards method, It has been a descriptive survey. The method of data collection is semi-structured questionnaire based on Henczel information audit model. Information audit based on Henczed model consisis of 7 stages. The first stage " planning ",itself includes five steps .According to our findings, the average of each step and stage is as follows :1- planning (A- revealing the goals 7/77 and its standard deviation 1/77,B- specifying the range and allocation of resources 7/87 and its standard deviation 1/68, C-selection of a methodology 6/87 and its Standard deviation 2/16 ,D- Development of communication strategy 7/46 and Its standard deviation 2/04, E- getting the support of management department 7/09 and its standard deviation 6/08); 2- data collection 7/56 and its standard deviation 1/97;3- Data analysis 7/76 and its standard deviation 1/91;4- data evaluation 7/81 and its standard deviation 2/13;5- making suggestions 6/89 and its standard deviation 2/08. Give the results of maximum and minimum calculations involving the seven stages of Henczel model information audit . It can be concluded that the way The work processes at the central department of technical and systematic records of Iran Khodro company function , is not satisfactory.

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