Best practice
best practice (noun) - the management technique, method, process, activity, incentive or reward that is more effective at delivering a particular outcome than any other technique, method, process (See Wikipedia and Google Definitions)
a best practice approach
current best practices
should be done using current best practices
follow best practices
employ best practices
implement best practices
ensure that best practices are implemented in all our operations
a move towards best practice
procedures used in the office should reflect best practice
no such thing as best practice
a committment to follow best practices
conform to prevailing best practice
the level of compliance achieved with best practice
requiring all engineers to follow best practice
implemented best practices in all our operations
taking a global view of our business to ensure that best practices are implemented in all our operations
best practices in managing client relations
a best practice review
the conclusions of a best practice review
a proactive audit of current activities against best practice
sharing of best practice among professionals
collect together the best practices from within the group
prevailing best practice
identifying other people's best practices
what is considered to be best practice
the search for best practice in business communications
proposed code of best practice for improving boardroom procedures
gaining an insight into best practices of design management
a definitive code of best practice can be imposed
should comply with the code of best practice
advice on best practice
approved guidelines for best practice in preparing business plans and budgets
believe that best practice reflects a consensus rather than taking extreme positions
identify the main features of current best practice
involve the user to develop best practice
best practice guidelines
codify best practice
publication of best practice guides
establishment of a best practice programme
guidelines will ensure that best practice is adopted
produce updated best practice notes to assist them
continues to promote the wider use of the technology under its best practice programme
it is best practice to provide the following information and reasons
conducted in accordance with the latest and best practices of the nursing profession
Example sentences:
* We believe that best practice reflects a consensus rather than taking extreme positions, and we did not see this as some timid compromise.
* We tried to identify the main features of current best practice.
* We must always involve the user to develop best practice.
* "Management procedures are supposed to be best practice."
* There is no such thing as best practice when it comes to human learning.
* Finally, it is felt that bolts should be located to ensure minimum visual impact and should be placed using current best practices.
* A charter which encouraged the poorer countries to move towards the best practice in the richer nations would clearly affect competitiveness in the less well-off states.
* "Let's share best practices from our various offices to help produce a better end product."
* They aim to collect together the best practices from within the group.
* We are bringing these policies together, taking a global view of our business to ensure that best practices are implemented in all our operations.
* "In an appointment as an expert, it is best practice to provide the following information and reasons."
* These guidelines do not have the force of law, but they do reflect what the City considers to be best practice in the conduct of takeovers.
* By the time the enquiry and analysis stage is concluded, relatively clear views are formed as to where best practice exists.
* "I'm not saying best practice is wrong but someone must change the operational guidelines because you can't have one set of guidelines issued by the Institute and another being used by some of the larger companies."
* What are the best practices in managing client relations?
* A comprador mentality is the attitude that the best practices are invariably connected with the global capitalist system.
* Foremost is a commitment to follow the best practices in environmental management, including energy efficiency, recycling and waste minimization".
* "The best practice approach falls into five sequential stages: topic selection; enquiry and analysis; discussion; conclusions; and communication."
* It is intended that Castle's reporting should be high quality and conform to prevailing best practice.
* Identifying other people's best practices gives you the benefit of their knowledge and experience, you don't have to try to work out the best way of performing a particular task, you just learn from whoever is already doing it that way.
* Communicating the conclusions of best practice reviews is an activity that might well benefit from a best practice review itself.
* The search for best practice in business communications is continuing and all options, including in-company videos, remain open.
* Very often the reviews will identify best people as well as best practice.
* The most stringent policy document advocating the best practice is only as good as the level of compliance achieved.
* It aims to co-ordinate best practice in areas such as green audits, packaging and waste minimization, water quality and alternatives to animal testing.
* Ultimately, the most a firm can do is, so far as practicable, utilise all the techniques outlined above, and hope that the courts will take a commercial view and hold that a firm which has acted in accordance with best practice is protected from liability.
* While the company has observed for a number of years the thrust of most of the recommendations put forward in the code of best practice, some of our procedures have been adjusted so that the form as well as the spirit of the code is met.
* "Set an example by requiring all engineers entering and already in government service to follow best practice in risk management, and in it role as a customer, to require suppliers to follow best practice.'
* "An appropriate level of quality assurance and audit, including proactive audit of current activities against best practice, is essential for effective risk management."
* Various studies have identified what is considered to be best practice for the maintenance of good discipline and the avoidance of pupil alienation, and the main recommendations are referred to below.
* Implementation of the Cadbury Committee's proposed code of best practice for improving boardroom procedures in UK listed companies looks certain to be put back until next year.
* By developing in-depth cases of a variety of design projects from corporate identity, packaging and the design of new products, a profile of client-design relationships internationally we are gaining an insight into best practices of design management.
* Much more research is needed into what comprises effective corporate governance before a definitive code of best practice can be imposed, together with enforcement powers, on UK listed companies.
* The boards of all listed companies should comply with the code of best practice and as many other companies as possible should aim to comply.
* Applying GAAP is a very practical guide that provides worked examples, draft layouts, extracts from annual reports, highlights of problem areas and recommendations on interpretation and application, plus advice on best practice.
* In the model, KPMG gives in footnotes its view of best practice, explains alternative treatments and provides further guidance on specific items.
* The Council of Lloyd's has also approved guidelines for best practice in preparing business plans and budgets, and established a panel of three members' agents to review syndicate expenses and managing agents' fees.
* There is no doubt that such a reform would represent a decisive shift in the direction of the best practice competition policy and institutions outlined previously.
* One proposal, put forward and agreed by participants at the national workshop, was the establishment of a best practice programme to which agencies could apply for funds to redesign work.
* "Procedures used in the office should reflect best practice shouldn't they?"
* A wide range of measures have been developed to encourage exploitation of technologies, the diffusion of technologies between sectors and the spread of best practice.
* "These guidelines will ensure that best practice is adopted."
* Publication of the standards is part of a series of initiatives taken over the last few years, including production of the Best Practice management kit last year.
* They became particularly skilled at developing R&D clubs, multi-sponsor programmes covering some combination of best practice, training, research and information services.
* The notes will also give a practical interpretation of the regulations and codify best practice, as well as be more prescriptive to clarify what have already proved in practice to be grey areas.
* Work continued with the Energy Efficiency Office towards the publication of best practice guides.
* "We shall also continue our annual research into the working methods of electoral registration officers, and produce updated best practice notes to assist them in compiling an accurate register."
* The Energy Efficiency Office in my Department continues to promote the wider use of the technology under its best practice programme.
* Organisational changes have been introduced and a policy statement has been formulated that provides the blueprint for care for the future, and ensures that it will be conducted in accordance with the latest and best practices of the nursing profession.
