The implementation process of policies

BSBSUS501

Assessment Task 1 - Unit Knowledge Test (UKT)
Question 1:
The sustainability policy will provide a better operational environment for the organization by
establishing a link between natural world and organizational processes. It will enhance the
relativity between the three important factors which are, economy, environment and social
equity. This will act as a guiding factor in enhancing overall wellness for the organization future
(Viens and Fortier, 2018).
Question 2:
Following are the nine steps involved in policy development based on organizational legislation
and procedures:
 Identification of need
 Selection of lead responsibility authority
 Information gathering
 Policy drafting
 Stakeholders consulting
 Policy finalization/approval
 Consideration for required procedures (Bucker et al. 2016).
 Implementation
 Monitoring, reviewing and revision
Question 3:
The implementation process of policies and procedures can be negatively affected by a number
of possible barriers. These barriers can arise while conducting the implementation process along
an organization and need immediate actions in order to reduce the losses. Firstly, lack of vision
and pragmatic approaches while developing a policy is an important barrier. It limits the
operational dimensions and thus affects the strategic direction associated with the policy.
Secondly, availability of an immediacy factor for attaining results acts as a major barrier. It
provides suitable conditions for the development of an emergency situation which is not at all
ideal for any policy management process (Torres, 2016). Thirdly, development of an

individuality driven approach for framing and managing policies. In several cases, this is a major
reason for the fallout of a reasonable policy as it initiates a sense of dissatisfied among other
groups of individuals who are left behind. Fourth barrier is lacking commitment among the
executives section and congruency at higher management levels. This slows down the speed of
progress and in many cases often leads to the availability of an unprivileged form of policy
implementation. Fifth barrier is the lack of a constant reviewing system. This initiates a much
larger impact on the performance factor of any policy implementation process.
Question 4:
Organization processes are the key attributes which can be easily get related to any sustainability
factor. The usefulness of sustainability can be applied in almost each and every operation which
is carried out in an organization like from supply chain to human resources. There are much
wider ranged application of sustainable outcomes in every day to day operation at an
organizational structure (Oyelami and Ithnin, 2015). The fact that, application of sustainability
factors and policies have no any operational impacts on the continuation and nature of process, it
can be always act as a catalyst by boosting operations.
Question 5:
Any individual or group which is related to the organization and its proceeding can be a
stakeholder and can be a contributor in the policy making process. Directors, owners, unions,
creditors, employees, suppliers, government and community in which any organization operates,
are its important stakeholders. Promoting transparency, establishment of trust and support,
ensuring the availability of resources required, facilitating an unbiased decision making and
ensuring the trustworthiness and quality factor across the policy making process are some of the
major contributions made by stakeholders (Hussain, Alameeri and Ajmal, 2017). Availability of
a supportive and conventional approach for empowering the policies in every possible manner is
also an important contribution made by the engaged stakeholders.
Question 6:
Promotion of sustainability policies are an important factor for the overall growth and
implementation of these aspects. The promotional ideas provide a significant amount of strength
to the available resources and justify the need of managing information across various involved

channels. Following are some of the most important strategies to promote workplace
sustainability policy:
 Propagating the expected outcomes and benefits related to the sustainable policy to all the
stakeholders.
 Providing defined operations and advantages under the policy implementation process to
each of the stakeholders individually (Peris-Ortiz, Ferreira and Lindahl, 2019).
 Development and maintenance of adequate strategies for involved changes and
modifications under the policy.
 Availability and inclusion of a continuous monitoring and improvement plan for the
sustainable policy management.
Question 7:
Stakeholder communication is intended to assess a supportive framework through consultation
on different aspects which can ultimately impact the workplace sustainability policy
development and management. Following are the various modes which can relate with this
perspective.
 Recognizing each stakeholder with in terms of their respective responsibilities and
operational importance which can pave ways for better policy implementation.
 Assessment of right information to the right authority at the respective timeframe
provided.
 Conduct regular meetings based on policy performance and usability.
 Create a welcoming environment in terms of reviews and suggestions from all the
stakeholder groups and including operational managers (Ji, Li and Wang, 2017).
 Emphasise on building out of work relationship with the stakeholders in order to provide
them with a familiar ideology.
 Maintain certain level of transparency across the decision making process and establish a
better approach for assessing information
Question 8:
Tools, systems and recording processes have a major impact on the tracking possibilities and
continuous improvements for a sustainability policy. These are aligned to provide an undisrupted