Richard, I concur that Rebecca provided a great response to your question and I believe it is, indeed, subject to the needs of the organization. We are a relatively young (25 years) community college with 8000 credit students, several thousand non-credit students and approximately 900 employees. Although we have many differences from "4 year" colleges and research universities, our similarities are surprisingly greater than the differences.
I manage our policies and the policy development process 'in-house' . It is a work in progress and ACUPA has proven invaluable to our institution as a resource for policy. Our online policy 'manual' is divided into the following sections: Board of Trustees General College Academic Affairs Student Affairs Human Resources Financial Operations Information Technology Operations & Facilities Risk Management & Public Safety Workforce Development/Corporate Learning As you can see, we are sections are divided functionally. Hope this helps. Lynda Lloyd, M.Ed., P.H.R. Director of Institutional Policy & Professional Development NWACC Policy<http://www.nwacc.edu/web/policy/policy_procedure> 479-619-4248 office 479-381-8660 wireless This message is intended solely for the recipient to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, do not disclose, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 11:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [acupa-l] Policy Organization System Standard Hello, policy wonks. Has the possibility of adopting a policy organization system standard ever been discussed? If so, what was the outcome? For example, Joshua's Cornell policies are organized into eight categories, or volumes<http://www.dfa.cornell.edu/treasurer/policyoffice/policies/volumes/index.cfm>. Michelle's UM policies are organized into either Governance or six categories of Administrative<http://policy.umn.edu/Policies/index.htm>. My institution is looking at creating/adopting a policy organization system, and would be interested to know if there is a policy organization system standard, similar to how libraries adopted one of two organization system standards<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Dewey_and_Library_of_Congress_subject_classification> for library books. I normally ask replies on the listserv be sent to me only so as to not clog everyone's inbox, but this one might be good for public discussion. Thanks for your considerations in this matter. Best regards, Rich Richard East Hampton University The information contained in this message is intended only for the recipient, and may otherwise be privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, please be aware that any dissemination or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. This footnote also confirms that this email has been scanned for all viruses by the Hampton University Center for Information Technology Enterprise Systems service. ATTN: Please be aware that when you respond to an ACUPA-L e-mail, the reply will be distributed to the ENTIRE e-listing of members. If you do NOT want to send an e-mail to everyone, please reply directly to the individual who initiated the query (their e-mail address appears in the "From" line of their original e-mail). If you wish to remove yourself from the ACUPA e-mail list, please go to this web address and fill out the form. We will remove you from the list within 24 hours during normal business hours. http://www.acupa.org/MembershipForm_Discontinue.html
