1. Consider this scenario. You and four friends have developed a new environmentally friendly heater. You all have extensive business experience. Together, you have established a new company, Green Heaters Pty Ltd ACN 512 302 XXX, which will manufacture and sell the new heater to wholesalers. The five of you will comprise the board of directors.
The board has forecasted that Green Heaters Pty Ltd will sell 650,000 heaters in the first year and will employ 100 staff.
You have been given the task of designing and developing the standard documentation which will be used by Green Heaters Pty Ltd. You must present details of your plans to the board of directors.
Prepare a comprehensive report to the board.
Explain what you will do to manage the design and development of business documents.
Explain details of the methods and processes you will use to produce high quality documents.
Provide details of the types of documents which you will produce and how you will ensure that they will be suitable for requirements.
Explain the methods you will use to develop standard documents including templates and macros and provide information about any assistance you will need, including details of external sources.
Detail the strategies you will use to ensure employees use standard documents productively.
Provide information about the proposed organisational policies and procedures which will be implemented to govern the use of standard documents as well as ensure standard documents meet any changing requirements of the organisation in the short and long term.
Document Design & Development – Green Heaters Pty Ltd
Having recently been charged with the task of designing and developing the business documents of Green Heaters Pty Ltd I would being the process by consulting with the board to determine the organisational requirements so that I could develop a style guide that employees tasked with document production can use