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Organize Your Office: A Small Business Survival Guide to Managing Records

Teri Mark, CRM

This survival guide incorporates professional records management principles in teaching small business owners--those with fewer than 20 employees, home-based businesses, and the self-employed who have no employees--how to organize and manage their business records.

Written in simple, non-technical terms, this book will:

* describe the benefits of effective records management

* explain inventory procedures to identify, operational records

* introduce records retention practices

* explain vital records procedures

* explain filing fundamentals

* introduce records management automation

ISBN: 1-931786-09-7 (ARMA International) Soft cover, English, 150 pages, 2003 Catalog No. A4653 $29, ARMA member $23

At Your FINGERTIPS! A Household Filing System That Works For You

Denise Dale and Alexandra Bradley, CRM

From credit card receipts to report cards, from wedding invitations to phone lists, every bit of paper you encounter in managing your household is dealt with in this book. At Your Fingertips/will help you determine what you should keep (and why) and will guide you step-by-step through the set-up and maintenance of a household filing system that will help you keep those papers accessible, manageable, and retrievable. It also provides tips for reducing unwanted mail.

ISBN: 0-9685727-0-7 (Streamline Information) Soft cover, English, 85 pages, 1999 Catalog No. B4800 $20 ARMA member or non-member

Active Filing for Business Records

Ann Bennick, Ed.D., CRM

To have a competitive edge, all companies can benefit from a well-designed and maintained file system. Active Filing for Business Records explores the records management concepts, principles, processes, and considerations in developing, implementing, and maintaining effective active file systems.

Bennick emphasizes the significance of company culture (organizational structure, degree of autonomy for subordinate organizations, management support, work style, and extent of document sharing) toward an effective file system and provides in-depth explanations, illustrations, and examples of

* file system development concepts and applications

* sample forms for gathering and recording facts and user requirements

* process flow-charts and case studies that illustrate concepts or typical problems

* transparency masters of more than 60 illustrations that can be used for a training presentation

ISBN 0-933887-85-X (ARMA)...