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21st century business 21st century business managementmanagement

the world'sthe world'sbest-keptbest-kept

business secretbusiness secret

a new and powerful way of a new and powerful way of managing a businessmanaging a business

by creating a structure for by creating a structure for informationinformation

and using the structure toand using the structure todevelop and apply policydevelop and apply policy

and using the structure toand using the structure tocollect and distributecollect and distribute

trainingtraining

and using the structure toand using the structure tocollect and distributecollect and distribute

resources and knowledgeresources and knowledge

when and when and wherever wherever

needed and needed and in a manner in a manner

never never before before

availableavailable

21st century business 21st century business managementmanagement

any businessany business

anywhereanywhere

of any kindof any kind

Ten Steps to Best BusinessTen Steps to Best Business

strategies forstrategies for

•productivityproductivity

•economic successeconomic success

•securitysecurity

•trusttrust

•accountabilityaccountability

youryour business business

or youror your business business

or youror your business business

making the connectionmaking the connection

between how the business is between how the business is managedmanaged

and the way that all business and the way that all business information is used to manage information is used to manage

the businessthe business

best practice in business best practice in business information managementinformation management

means that every business means that every business knowsknows

•what is therewhat is there

•what is there that should not what is there that should not be therebe there

•what is missingwhat is missing

•what is needed for the what is needed for the business to be successfulbusiness to be successful

most business don’t have the most business don’t have the answers to these questionsanswers to these questions

and if they do they will have and if they do they will have some real concernssome real concerns

because nine times out of ten because nine times out of ten their business is in a messtheir business is in a mess

on the business computeron the business computer

and everywhereand everywhere

Ten Steps to Best Business Ten Steps to Best Business is not about software and is not about software and

systemssystems

But it is about best practiceBut it is about best practice

best practice is about good best practice is about good managementmanagement

good management is about good management is about information organizationinformation organization

for many managers, disasters for many managers, disasters come as a real surprisecome as a real surprise

Disaster !!!!!

and nobody knows who to and nobody knows who to blameblame

who is to blame?

the power ofthe power oforder and control oforder and control of

business information isbusiness information isthe world's best-keptthe world's best-kept

business secretbusiness secret

there has never ever beenthere has never ever beena technology like this toa technology like this to

transfer policy to compliancetransfer policy to compliance

and, by the wayand, by the way

order and control is a huge order and control is a huge bonus for any managerbonus for any manager

it will cost very little to it will cost very little to introduce and useintroduce and use

but it could save millionsbut it could save millions

businesses that have taken on businesses that have taken on this way of managing have this way of managing have

discovered the secret of best discovered the secret of best practicepractice

and have maximized their and have maximized their investment in traininginvestment in training

and have greater access to and have greater access to expensive resourcesexpensive resources

and have created a huge index and have created a huge index to their business knowledgeto their business knowledge

everything a business needs to everything a business needs to renovate their practices is renovate their practices is

readily availablereadily available

there are two booksthere are two books

see www.tensteps.com.au

for details about the books and free materials to download such as

•Sample designs for intelligent networks

•Training materials

and ten steps for a business to take

a free and powerful management tool

training and empowering business owners and

senior managers

supporting the work of IT personnel

and information management officers

and trainers

for any type of business

free to use and free to share

creating an information revolution

that leads to business best practice

with new roles for information managers

happy owners and managers

it’s your business

it’s your time

it’s your move

ten steps to best business

Step 1

Create a profile of all of your business information that gets created, collected, stored or accessed and used by the business.

Step 2

Produce a blueprint or roadmap for locating every bit of information based on what the business does now and what it wants for the future.

Step 3

Establish procedures to create principles to policy to compliance and determine where and how to make these known through the structure and on the network.

Step 4

Set up management routines for the structure integrity, folder management and file naming principles.

Step 5

Set up plans for concentrated monitoring and reviewing of the network and its contents, ensuring that the work is aligned to the aims, objectives and policy of the business.

Step 6

Create and position, using the new structure and the network, appropriate guides to the use of business information with appropriate notes and redirections to be made accessible to all personnel.

Step 7

Establish procedures to implement the new structure and arrange for staff to move files and save copies of edited files to the new structure. Create a plan to create archives for old files.

Step 8

Train personnel to use the new network, to contribute to maintenance of the structure and to monitor its use and the integrity of the information it contains.

Step 9

Set up strategies for adding and making accessible any training, resources and knowledge. Make arrangements for these to be monitored.

Step 10

Set up procedures required to periodically review the way that the business uses its network to support business operations, in order to manage its business information and with a view to having the structure match the direction being taken by the business.

These ten steps are covered in more detail in a publication to download from the website

http://www.tensteps.com.au

nothing happens

unless you make it happen

and keep making it happen

do nothing

and everything stays the same

the world’s best-kept business

secret

is about order and control and the

intelligent network

it’s about greater productivity and the

economic bottom line

it’s about greater security

that’s about greater security in your

business

it’s about what you do

The next step is there for you to take. Now it’s over to you.

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