Accessing the Policies and Procedures Manuals

To access the manuals, click on the acronym below.

Revisions to the policies and procedures manuals were posted on July 1, 2008. Some manuals have INTERIM POSTING revisions made after that date. The next revision cycle will be posted on November 1, 2008.

	Academic Affairs
	Capital Programs Management Group INTERIM POSTING ALERT
	Environmental Health & Safety INTERIM POSTING ALERT
	Facilities Management
	Financial Services INTERIM POSTING ALERT
	Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
	Property Control System
	Police Department
	Parking and Transit Services
	Purchasing and Business Services INTERIM POSTING ALERT
	Research and Sponsored Projects INTERIM POSTING ALERT
	Staff Personnel INTERIM POSTING ALERT
	University Student Initiatives INTERIM POSTING ALERT

Some ASU policies and procedures exhibits are in PDF format. Go to the ASU online Plug-In Center to access PDF files.

Several of the policies refer to the Arizona Board of Regents Policy Manual, the complete and official body of policies for the governance and operation of the Arizona University System. This manual is in both HTML and PDF format.

Manual coordinators can review guidelines and schedules for submission of revisions by reading Submission Guidelines for Manual Revisions.

The ASU system of administrative manuals is produced by University Administration. Online manuals replace the earlier paper editions, which are no longer produced. In accordance with Arizona public records laws and requirements, a printout of the online text serves as the official record, which is available for inspection at University Archives. To access earlier versions of the manuals, please send an e-mail to University Archives at archives@asu.edu stating the manual name, the policy number, and the posting date(s) desired.

Manuals can increase productivity by reducing time spent in asking and answering questions, and they can provide valuable assistance in training new employees. In addition, they can ensure that policies and procedures will be preserved after key personnel leave a unit. The usefulness of the ASU family of administrative manuals created interest in the development of smaller internal manuals by various administrative units (college, division, department, or office).

This interest prompted the creation of a book on how to write a manual, Creating Administrative Manuals (CAM). Like the ASU administrative manuals, this was originally published in a paper-print edition and distributed only to classes conducted on how to develop a desk manual. Although we no longer conduct such classes, we have received requests for copies of CAM, which is no longer in print. The CAM manual is now available to the university community on the Internet, but readers should understand that the original formatting to produce a paper-print manual does not translate easily to the Web. Therefore, we have provided ample exhibits that illustrate how such a manual would appear.

The ASU system of academic and administrative manuals rests within the vice-presidential area of University Administration and Legal Affairs, under Paul Ward, Vice President of University Administration and General Counsel, with direct supervision by Sue Bishop, Director, Information Technology Services, University Administration (480/965-9889). It is edited and published by Dorothy DiRienzi. We are located 1130 E. University Center, Suite 110 (University Drive east of Rural Road). Mail code 4104. Ind