Organizations need governance documents; those policies, procedures, and other written rules that tell the organization and employees what to do and how to do it. These documents are an important part of management to help the organization comply with legal requirements, accomplish its mission, and run efficiently. Policies have legal significance and are the first things requested by a government regulator or civil plaintiff-they could be Exhibit 1 in a lawsuit. Or they could be quality documents that keep your organization's practices in compliance and avoid a lawsuit in the first place. This book helps you and your organization build effective and quality governance documents. Policies are about both the destination and the journey. With a solid process you can improve your organization and the individuals on your project team while you create or update your documents. This is for any type of organization and can be applied to any topic and any type of governance document. Learn about the Five Components for Policy Work and how to apply them for your company, non-profit, or government entity. Some chapters and sections are devoted to cybersecurity, an essential area and you will learn about the Four Pillars of Cybersecurity. The book is well organized and modular so you can find what you need and includes an index, glossary, "Quick start guide", policy checklist, over 30 diagrams, and other resources. The book is divided into helpful parts. Part 1 lays foundation of policy principles, including Bandler's Five Components for Policy Work to ensure your governance documents consider organization mission, laws, best practices, existing governance documents and practices. Part 2 provides important document project basics, including planning, people, and project management. Part 3 gets into the details of managing the document project and writing. We analyze our components and what applies, write and edit the document, manage the project team, gain approval, finalize, publish, train and implement. Part 4 is specific to cybersecurity policies and discusses laws, cybersecurity frameworks, and Bandler's Four Pillars of Cybersecurity. Part 5 is a brief overview about using, maintaining, reviewing and updating the documents to keep them current. Part 6 is the Appendix and includes a conclusion, glossary, references, policy checklist, quick start guide, and index. In sum, good policy work is an essential part of management and helps the organization comply and achieve the mission efficiently. Use this book to learn solid concepts and apply them in your organization.

This book will guide you in creating and conducting meetings that accomplish what they need to - make decisions and have them carried out. It gives you practical, specific, easy-to-use steps you can take to - identify and work within your organization's meeting culture, modifying it if needed, - design agendas that stimulate creativity and focus discussion, - conduct meetings that encourage full participation and collaboration, - help shape decisions so they are clear and lead to effective action, - deal with unhelpful meeting habits and difficult behaviors, - record policy decisions so that they are readily available for reference in the future. Bruce Partridge speaks directly to the person who will chair board or committee meetings on a monthly or weekly basis for community organizations, religious congregations, housing co-operatives, service groups and political associations. His book can also be used for work-group meetings in business and other professional settings. And since the basic principles are similar across types and sizes of meetings, it offers guidance for planning and conducting Annual General Meetings and other large-group meetings....

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1960.