How to Write Policies, Procedures & Task Outlines

Author: Larry Peabody
Edition: 3rd
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0965058506

How to Write Policies, Procedures & Task Outlines: Sending Clear Signals in Written Directions

The following excerpt is from chapter two, which describes why so many policies and procedures fail.
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I have led hundreds of writing workshops. Before class I often study writing samples from those who will attend. Time after time I find the same dozen writing pitfalls that ruin policies and procedures. Just avoid this "deadly dozen," and your writing will easily outperform most of what other organizations grind out. The dozen pitfalls fit into three major groups: Writing Style, Page Layout, and Organization. . . . Of all the "deadly dozen," the blending of policy, procedure, and task is one of the surest ways to produce a policy-procedure manual that defies reading. Often it's obvious the writer's own mind hasn't clea

How to Write Policies, Procedures & Task Outlines: Sending Clear Signals in Written Directions

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I have led hundreds of writing workshops. Before class I often study writing samples from those who will attend. Time after time I find the same dozen writing pitfalls that ruin policies and procedures. Just avoid this "deadly dozen," and your writing will easily outperform most of what other organizations grind out
Often it's obvious the writer's own mind hasn't clea