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Records, Document & Office Workflow Management

A practical capability-building programme focused on records, document & office workflow management, designed for professionals and organisations seeking stronger performance and applied results.

Type
Specialist
Level
Advanced
Duration
5 days
Delivery
In person, Live online, In-house
Languages
English, Arabic

Records, Document & Office Workflow Management develops practical capability in organising records, controlling documents and improving administrative workflows.

Participants learn how to classify, store, retrieve, protect and dispose of records appropriately while maintaining document version control and clear workflow responsibilities. The programme also examines digital records, access controls, retention practices and workflow improvement.

The emphasis is on reliability, traceability, confidentiality and efficient information handling across the administrative environment.

Objectives

  • Develop effective records and document-management practices.

  • Strengthen classification, retrieval and retention processes.

  • Improve document control and version-management practices.

  • Build secure and traceable office workflows.

  • Identify opportunities for digitalisation and workflow improvement.

Learning outcomes

  • Develop practical classification and filing structures.

  • Apply appropriate document-control practices.

  • Establish records retention and disposal approaches.

  • Improve traceability and accountability within office workflows.

  • Recommend improvements to digital and administrative workflows.

Who it is for

  • Records and document-control professionals.

  • Administrative and office managers.

  • Document controllers.

  • Executive and administrative support staff.

  • Professionals responsible for information and workflow management.

Programme modules

1. Records Management Foundations
  • Records lifecycle

  • Records versus documents

  • Classification structures

  • Roles and responsibilities

2. Document Control
  • Document identification

  • Version control

  • Review and approval

  • Controlled distribution

3. Retention, Storage and Retrieval
  • Retention schedules

  • Physical and digital storage

  • Retrieval standards

  • Disposal and archiving

4. Information Security and Access
  • Confidentiality

  • Access controls

  • Sensitive records

  • Audit trails and traceability

5. Office Workflow Improvement
  • Workflow mapping

  • Bottlenecks and delays

  • Digital workflows

  • Automation and continuous improvement

Methodology

The programme uses document-control examples, classification exercises, workflow mapping and practical records-management scenarios. Participants assess existing practices and develop improved approaches for information and workflow management.

Assessment

Assessment includes records-classification exercises, document-control scenarios and a final applied task requiring participants to design an improved records or workflow-management process.

Certificate

Certificate of Completion

For your organisation

This programme can be delivered for a single organisation, team or institution, and adapted to your context, participants and objectives.

Organisational delivery is scoped and priced individually, and is not booked from this page.

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