Larger and smaller businesses rely on each other’s evidence of behaviour – supplier contracts depend upon it.

Executives and proprietors need to understand their businesses are fit for purpose.

Regulators can be very inquisitive and the fines extortionate.

Formal and informal management systems, from ISO for example, build evidence and good practice. They help to avoid mistakes and help with risks and claims.

The wisdom is these schemes take a lot of resource; yet often it’s not as much as we believe.

Viewed simply: policy, process, structure, and reporting are the components, everything else is just infographics. How you look at it.

An ISO27001 information security scheme is a good place to start, introducing immediate protections and business insight.

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Waiting-out a challenge for the right time can bring down a business! Simple things can protect and improve a business now.

International Standards Organisation (ISO) describes a management system as: "A management system is the way in which an organization manages the interrelated parts of its business in order to achieve its objectives. These objectives can relate to a number of different topics, including product or service quality, operational efficiency, environmental performance, health and safety in the workplace and many more." `

"The level of complexity of the system will depend on each organization’s specific context. For some organizations, especially smaller ones, it may simply mean having strong leadership from the business owner, providing a clear definition of what is expected from each individual employee and how they contribute to the organization’s overall objectives, without the need for extensive documentation. More complex businesses operating, for example, in highly regulated sectors, may need extensive documentation and controls in order to fulfil their legal obligations and meet their organizational objectives."