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Building a Framework to Explain Why and How Things Happen
This tip briefly describes the importance of telling those involved in the running of your business the why, what, and how of your business. Without this information, your people do not know what you want done, why you want it done, and how you want it done.
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How to Determine the Need for a Policy
This tool helps you decide whether a proposed policy is necessary.
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Documentation Infrastructure: How It Contributes to Improving Performance and Productivity
This white paper provides tools in six areas designed to assess current or planned approaches to writing policies and procedures, and designing an effective and efficient documentation framework. The six areas are (1) Understanding the Importance of Documentation, (2) Evaluating the Need for Documentation, (3) Selecting Appropriate Documentation Formats, (4) Desiging and Documentation Hierarchy, (5) Getting and Measuring Compliance, and (6) Streamlining the Current Documentation System.
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Ten Ways Your Business Runs More Efficiently with a Documentation Infrastructure
This document briefly lists reasons for building an effective and efficient documentation infrastructure.