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Basics of writing
policies and procedures and assembling a set of company manuals.
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Introduction to the
concept of a writing format for policy and procedure documents.
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Introduction to how
forms are integrated with policies and procedures.
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Introduction to
research tools, review guidelines, approvals, publishing,
training, and revision plans and guidelines.
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Basics of converting
printed documents to a website format.
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Examples of tables
of contents pages and samples policies and procedures.
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Introduction to a
five-step writing process for policies and procedures.
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Details on the
importance of using a consistent writing format for every policy
or procedure document.
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Case study and do's
and don'ts of using a seven (7) section writing format.
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Exercises and
answers to writing scenarios with "good" and "not so good"
answers.
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Introduction to use
of editing checklists for understanding and applying the rules
of writing.
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Examples of policies
and procedures.
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Best practices of
policy and procedure authors about writing consistent and
reliable policies and procedures.
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Discussions on
assembling a cross-functional team to help research, write, and publish policies
and procedures.
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Details on how to
use brainstorming, chunking, flow charting, and a decision model
to published the "best" policy or procedure document.
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Methods for using the
Internet to find policy and procedure examples.
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Discussions on aligning
policy and procedure content to the vision and strategic
direction of a company.
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Introduction to
Deming's "Plan-Do-Check-Act" (PDCA) process for writing and
improving policies and procedures.
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Complete, 40-Step
Action Plan for the policy and procedure lifecycle. Refer to the
abbreviated version on
this website.
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Details on
publishing and implementation techniques for creating and using
communications, training, compliance, and auditing plans.
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Introduction to the use
of statistics and metrics to achieve improvements to new, and
existing, policies and procedures.
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Extensive glossary
and index.
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