Re: Standards and Procedures

Subject: Re: Standards and Procedures
From: "Karen E. Black" <kblack_text -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:23:13 -0400


Annette, my former (national) company had extensive policies and procedures online that were updated regularly. The identification system was simple - security policies were numbered SEC-n, human resources/personnel were numbered HR-n, Finance, Purchasing, General all had their initialisms. When new policies related to current policies were added (such as achieving preferred vendor status to the purchasing policies), the numbering changed to PUR-1.2 (and .1.1 as required). You could search by policy number, keyword, initials (PUR, GEN, HR, FIN, etc.). They didn't bother to number by update; you could tell by the date/superseded-by fields at the top of the form. Sub-policies included how to enter required data on our information systems (my area).

Numbering came kinda natural to the system. Nobody had problems with it.

If a sub-policy became obsolete (by technology or regulations), numbering went back to the simple AAA-1 format.

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The standard of behavior we exhibit during emergencies is not scary; on the contrary. It is a demonstration of how pleasant life can be when people treat one another courteously.
--Judith Martin (Miss Manners)


From: Annette <annetteg4 -at- mac -dot- com>
Once again, I would like your opinion. For those that work with company/
department standards (policies) and procedures, do you have a numbering
system for each individual standard/procedure? Why or why not?

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