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Does your company have a simple way to publish and maintain internal documentation? If people are using workarounds instead of reading documents on the corporate intranet, it?s a warning sign that there?s no appropriate publishing system in place. But there are alternatives and practical tips that can help you choose a cost-effective solution, based on the familiar Lotus Domino platform.

believe “transforming policies and procedures is the key means to make HR more strategic.” Implied in this desire to ‘transform aspects of HR, however, is the notion that policies and procedures both drive and are relected in the fundamental organization and delivery model for HR.

Then circulate and review the resulting policies and procedures guide with all employees who have access to inventory.

Make sure policies are clearly written and training programs effectively communicate the company policies and procedures.

Considering that e-mail and other electronically stored information (ESI) create the electronic equivalent of DNA evidence, there is no doubt that their evidentiary role will continue to expand. Learn how implementing a strategic e-discovery compliance program can help US and Canadian employers preserve, protect, and produce legally compliant e-mail and other ESI when compelled to do so by a court or regulatory body.

Establish relevant policies and procedures. Define, document, and implement the necessary policies and procedures to address the specific risk and compliance issues that confront your company.

A strategic compliance program can help employers in the United States (US) reduce the likelihood of litigation, regulatory investigations, security breaches, privacy violations, and other electronic disasters. Find out what it takes to make a compliance program succeed, and learn the importance of establishing clearly written rules, formal employee education, and effective hosted-services solutions right from the start.

Almost everything you know about human resources (HR) outsourcing is about to change. The future is about single-source integration, and there are key new technologies that herald this era: unified service for HR, time, payroll, and expense tracking; management dashboards; streamlined employee interfaces; synchronous data with a single database; and empowered reporting.

Standardize: Wherever the focus, establishing standard policies and procedures creates predictability and controls for managing the process.

So, in order to mitigate risk, manufacturers need to reevaluate and improve their corporate governance policies and procedures.

Over the past few years, vulnerabilities have exploded across all types of platforms?leaving IT security and operations teams scratching their heads. Today, many companies use the scan-and-patch method for managing vulnerabilities?a reactive security process that should be avoided. By combining assessment and remediation, companies create a vulnerability management program that can rapidly respond to emerging threats.

” Additionally, ITAM solutions aid in the creation, implementation, and enforcement of asset governance policies and procedures.

Today, entrepreneurs running small-to-medium sized businesses face daunting tasks that just a few years ago were not existent. The complexities of the business world have created new risks, a myriad of regulations, and complex reporting requirements that can overwhelm any organization. Owners and managers of all enterprises, even smaller private businesses, need to be cognizant of both the spirit and the letter of the law. How does a smaller organization, with limited resources, cope with all of this? How do they stay abreast of the additional changes that are on the way? In this guide, Pete Russo of the Entrepreneurial Management Institute at the Boston University School of Management outlines the pitfalls and steps, but also looks at effective solutions for private companies.

It also makes it easier to develop and expand business practices, because it is less costly and time-consuming to leverage existing policies and procedures than to create new ones from scratch.

Related policies and procedures must address legal, regulatory and business requirements for data retention and also institute proper disposal of data when no longer needed.