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Records Management Program <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:34:15 -0800
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Re: IRM vs RIM
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I think it has more to do with the fundamental human nature to want to
read and pronounce the written word and with the use of mnemonic devices
to remember what things mean.

Organizations go to great lengths to make their acronyms spell something
memorable, even if it convolutes the actual name -- can't think of any
off the top of my head, but you've seen them. (The Harry Potter books
have a whole bit about "SPEW" which makes fun of the whole concept, but
I digress.)

R-I-M falls off the tongue more easily ... "rim." How would you
pronounce I-R-M? ... "erm?" Would the practitioners be 'ermits?


Nolene Sherman | Director of Records Management | Standard Pacific Homes
| 949-727-9360 | FAX 949-789-3379 | [log in to unmask]

-----Original Message-----
Subject: [RM] IRM vs RIM
 

Why is the term Records and Information Management (RIM) more commonly
used than Information and Records Management (IRM)?

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