Document Control and Records Management

Description

Course Format

Schedule and Fees

Course Overview

Document control and record management should play an important role in identity and access management by protecting sensitive documents from exposure to the wrong parties. They should also support simplified access when needed by allowing authorized parties to quickly search, find, and retrieve archived and active documents.

This course provides a strong understanding of the concepts of Document Control and Records Management and develops the requirements to help Document Controllers, Records Managers and other staff improve the control of critical documents across the organization. Using best practice and time-proven methodologies and techniques, the course enables participants to understand and implement key document control methods and improvement plans, and to understand the impact of wider information management issues and challenges.

This course covers the best practices of Document Control with a very practical and hands-on approach, and it goes through all the components, the core expert topics, and activities of the profession.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Explain how Document Control and Records Management fits within the business objectives and environment of their organizations.

Apply key Document Control and Records Management concepts and techniques to organizing and managing documents and records.

Describe the most common reasons for poor document control, and how to improve the process.

Explain the process of planning and implementing a Document Control Records Management (DCRM) solution.

Apply best practice, yet key standards to Document Control and Records Management.

Why Attend

The knowledge gained from this course will help Document Controllers, Records Managers, and other staff members strengthen the control of important documents throughout the business. It also establishes the needs for doing so. The course helps participants understand and put into practice important document control methods and improvement plans, as well as comprehend the impact of more general information management issues and challenges. It does this by utilizing best practices and time-proven methodologies and techniques.

Course Methodology

This course uses a combination of presentations, group discussions, case studies and exercises based on real life situations.

Target Audience

This course is designed for anyone from administration to management, with full or some responsibility, at a corporate and operational level, for document and records management, document control, compliance and information governance.