This Guide has been written to inform records managers, senior company executives and other managers at all levels about the need for retention scheduling and the advantages it provides. The reader will be taken step-by-step from finding out what information is held by their organization to producing a suitable retention schedule. It contains advice and sample forms on questionnaires, methods, layouts, destruction and archiving with the pros and cons of the different methods that may be employed, and to help and guide you there is a flow chart to take you through the book.