I have to concur with Bruce and Peter on the matter. In addition to
their analogy of the accounting and legal professions, I also see a
practical consideration.
As of today, there are less than 900 active CRMs in the world. It's
also my interpretation the demand for professionals in our world looks
as though it will continue to exceed supply in the near term. The
economics alone make me question the desire to sub-divide an already too
small group.
After four years of medical school, one enters a residency program to
work on their specialty. Each specialty has it's own characteristics
and requirements; just like various industries for records managers.
General practice and family medicine is actually a specialty of it's
own--quite different from cardiology or surgery.
I think that a higher priority is to promote achievement of the CRM
designation. When there are a few thousand CRM's it may be more
appropriate to look at greater possibilities.
I express this as a personal opinion, not as a statement from the ICRM
or it's Board of Regents.
Steve Golden, CRM
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As I think about it and review the thread from last year on the list,
I'm actually more in favor of more advanced CRM add-ons like NS, but for
e.g.
legal, healthcare, engineering, areas where the area of practice really
is significantly different from the base competency. In the medical
profession you can be a general practitioner, or you can be
board-certified as a thoracic surgeon, cardiologist, oral surgeon, or
probably hundreds of other specialties.
In the world of the ICRM you are a candidate, a CRM, or a CRM/NS. Why
not a CRM/Eng, CRM/LS, CRM/others, as long as there is a definable body
of knowledge and sufficient expertise to write exam questions?
As a somewhat related tangent, I really like the "professional
development ladder" approach espoused by Construx Engineering
(http://www.construx.com/professionaldev/organization/pdl/) among
others.
This approach identifies a matrix of capabilities, skill levels, and
knowledge areas that range from Level 8 (introductory, college grad
perhaps
- and don't ask why it starts at 8) to Level 15 (makes extraordinary
contributions to the industry - Leahy Award winners here). Most
professionals (CRMs) stop at level 12.
Now, Construx' approach is focused on software engineering, but I think
a similar thing could be put together based on the competencies to be
released by ARMA sometime this year or early next year. To truly be a
professional, it's not enough to know all there is to know about basic
principles - the candidate has to constantly broaden the breadth and
depth of their expertise. And of course Construx makes it work pretty
simply - payscale is tied to the rung of the ladder one occupies: higher
you go, more you make.
Paraphrased from their website, "Achieving Level 12 (CRM) is a
significant event in the career of a [Records Manager] and is rewarded
with both a significant bonus and a significant pay increase. The bonus
will be equal to one year's difference in salary between Level 11 and
Level 12."
Just a l'il more grist for the mill, fuel for the fire, chocolate for
the tart....
Jesse Wilkins
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From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
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Of Peter Kurilecz
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 9:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [RM] FW: [rmaa_list] Compulsory Professional Development
for
ALL professional members
On 10/2/06, White, Bruce <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Call me hard headed (I am part German) - I'm just not sold on the
> concept of a sub-CRM credential, not at this time anyway. I haven't
> seen any arguments to date which would convince me otherwise (Yes,
> Whitaker and I DO agree on something.) The accounting profession has
> done extremely well with one credential all these years. But I speak
> for only myself and not as a board member.
i agree with Bruce on this. CPAs have but one designation. In the
medical
profession you are either board certified or not, nothing in between.
Same
thing in the legal profession.
In my opinion you are either a Certified Records Manager or you are not.
As
to the issue of alphabet soup. I feel the only ones that really matter
are
those that require continuing education. everything else is but a point
in
time award.
in the world of the ICRM you are either a CRM or a candidate.
--
Peter Kurilecz CRM CA
Richmond, Va
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