Records Management - When Does a Document Become a Record?
The answer is simple: "A document becomes a record when the description of the document's content can be found on the company's official records retention schedule." To be more precise, "A original document becomes an official record when the content of a document matches words and phrases on the company's official records retention schedule." Note that a copy of an official record is called an unofficial record. Note the words, "original, " "official, " and "copy." Ah, for the tough decisions of a records manager. Now you can start to see the challenges of being a records manager. For example, if the official record (original) is destroyed or deleted, the copy becomes the official record and must be properly protected and saved.
Think Twice Before Hiring Any Service Contractor To Do Work At Your Home
What exactly is a House Cleaning Referral Agency? Referral agencies are just as the name implies. They are agencies that refer "Independent Contractors" to customers for different services. One of the most popular services for referral agencies is House Cleaning. Referral agencies are contacted by customers looking for house cleaners. Referral agencies are basically the middle man. They will find you individual cleaners to clean your home. Referral agencies are NOT the actual employers of these individuals. Referral agencies cannot direct, train or control these individual's work in any way.
Business Architecture of Hospitals 1
Before entering the business architecture of Hospitals, this article recapitulates some basics about business architecture, with a single reference to a previously published article. Business architecture is concerned with the way a business (as offered by a company) is build-up. The idea is that in order to foster a business, an organization is to use resources.This can be organized for operational activities which have a behavioral or dynamic characteristic, but there are also resources that will be used to build and rebuild structures. Like, the structure of organizations which change often, or information systems to support a business process, and there are management systems -- like a balanced score card -- that have to be setup first before they can be used.
Make Your Own Stamps
Are you tired of having to suffer through long lines at the post office? Are you hauling bulky loads of envelopes or weighty packages to the post office frequently? Do you constantly have to run out and buy stamps in bulk? Is the amount of postage you need for each package variable and you are constantly needing to weigh your packages and calculate postage? Are you a small business owner who has to take time away from your business to go to the post office, when you feel that you could be focusing on more important aspects of your business - the ones that actually will help grow your business?
Are You Guilty of Making This One BIG Mistake?
Do you dread your competition? Are you scared your competitors will lure business away? Long ago, I learned competition is a good thing. Why? It means there are so many consumers wanting a particular product or service that demand warrants a new vendor entering the industry. In fact, as competition develops, word spreads about the service and more demand builds. The process becomes a feeding frenzy. Take the example of high-tech. In no particular order, there was development of dial-up access to computers, DSL, Cable, T1, VOIP, cell phones, search engines, and IPOD. Slowly but surely new technologies developed after the original was introduced, improvements made and new players came onto the scene.
The Last Man Standing
Building activity has fallen to its lowest level in fourteen years. Homeowners are facing falling property values, smaller buying power, and in many cases, foreclosure. Michael Masterson, author of Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat, predicts, "Estate homes and multimillion-dollar condominiums will tumble in value, even below current prices. Many will be left vacant. It will take at least seven years for many of the properties that have been built in the past two years to be occupied.. .. More than 80 percent of the existing real estate development industry will go bankrupt.
Tips To Give Your Company Picnic Bling To Make It A Big Hit For Everyone!
Throwing a company picnic involves more than just setting a date, hiring a caterer, and choosing a location. Yes, that's the list of basics if you just want a routinely boring event. Your company picnic offers the opportunity to do more than provide some food in a relaxing atmosphere. To get more from your picnic, there are a few things that must happen before the big event. Goals of Your Company Picnic First, let's decide what you want to accomplish with the company picnic... do you just want to say thanks to your employees, give employees the chance to get to know each other on a personal basis, to honor an employee, or to celebrate a company event.
Five Rules For Business Owners from the Perspective of a Game Studio CEO
Ok, we know that the game industry is possibly one of the single most fun industries to be involved with. There's just a constant stream of energy, creativity and just plain cool stuff that comes out of the people involved in it at all levels. However, I'd like to share some lessons I learned during my 4 years as a indie studio owner. No, you never saw anything we did or have ever heard of us. You will sometime in the next 5 years, but right now you wouldn't know us. My rules are written specifically for the game industry, but much of what I say here I think is very applicable to any and all businesses.
PCI Compliance - A Valuable Investment
PCI compliance is mandated for all merchants who store, process, or transmit sensitive payment card data. The PCI DSS is a set of twelve specific requirements that these merchants must adhere to. These standards are not necessarily easy to achieve, but that doesn't make them any less valuable to your future business success. So what are the costs of becoming PCI compliant? The up-front cash requirements can, unfortunately, be rather daunting, depending on how far you have to go before you reach PCI compliance. Some estimates say that the nation's largest companies could spend hundreds of thousands of dollars as they take the steps to reach compliance.
Strategic Partnerships Are Like Marriage, How To Choose Them For Greater Success
You might not know it, but strategic partnerships abound. Think about your own life. Are you married? Committed to a significant other? If so, you are living in a form of a strategic partnership. Both individuals bring something to the relationship that the other values and sees as being beneficial. It's similar in business. A strategic partnership should be a relationship in which both parties bring something to the relationship that each considers a valuable asset. When you decide you're ready to take the leap into a strategic relationship, contact your potential strategic partner and go out for a brainstorming session.