Policy Development: Processes, Cycles, Frameworks, and Regulations

This assignment provides comprehensive answers to questions related to policy development, policy cycles, analytical frameworks, the role of existing policies and procedures, and relevant legislation. It begins by detailing the policy development process, emphasizing need identification, research, consultation, adoption, and review. The assignment then explains the policy cycle, focusing on planning, implementation, evaluation, review, and commitment. It further describes how to use analytical policy development frameworks, including problem identification, policy option identification, and strategy development. The solution also identifies the role of existing policies and procedures in shaping new policies and addresses five key legislations/regulations that should underpin policies and procedures: workplace health and safety, staff welfare and working conditions, dealing with ill health and injury, anti-discrimination act, and the fair trade act. This document is a valuable resource for understanding the complexities of organizational policy development. Desklib provides more solved assignments and study tools for students.

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Table of Content
Answer 1.......................................................................................................................2
Answer 2.......................................................................................................................2
Answer 3.......................................................................................................................3
Answer 4.......................................................................................................................4
Answer 5.......................................................................................................................5
References...................................................................................................................6

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Answer 1
Policy development is an important process which is a part of organizational
development; it starts with identifying need for the policy, gathering information,
drafting the policy, consulting and review of the policy (Ohta, 2017). The process of
policy development is as follows:
 Need identification- Defining the problem and the need identification for
development of the policy(Sabatier & Weible,2014)
 Appointing a person to ensure and co-ordinate the process of policy
development.
 Defining and establishing a policy development process.
 Conducting research through Primary and Secondary method of research.
The research should be extensive in nature(Dunn, 2015)
 Formulation of discussion paper to explain the options which the policy would
offer.
 Consultation with the stakeholders on how to make a formidable policy
benefitting all the stakeholders.
 Adoption of the policy-When the co-ordinator of the policy is extremely
satisfied with the policy, and all the concerns are dealt with due accordance,
the policy has to be adopted by the management.
 Communicating the policy adoption to all in the organization.
 Reviewing and evaluation of the policy to monitor the progress of policy.
Reviewing the policy in regular intervals is necessary to check the execution
of the policy in tandem to the need identified while creating the policy(Hill,
2014)
Answer 2
The policy cycle process is identified below as:

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Planning for the policy-This step involves setting of objectives, determining the
cost involvement, the impact the policy will have on the existing problem and hence
choosing the best policy to be created for the benefit of all.
Implementation of the policy-This step requires employing an organization to take
full responsibility for the implementation, also ensuring that organization has all the
resources to carry out the policy in the planned process (Gali, 2015)
Evaluation of the policy-As the name suggest, this step ensures the extent to
which the policy was successful and whether the company was right in the execution
of policy. It also checks if the policy had the desired effects on the organization as
predicted.
Review of the policy-Reviewing the policy is a round the clock exercise and review
is done to monitor and control the possible outcomes of the policy, also to make
necessary changes wherever required (Pollack, 2015)
Commitment & Policy-This step of the policy cycle encompassed the commitment
towards delivery of the policy and implementation and execution of the said policy. It
has to be ensured that the policy is formed as required by the management and
addresses the said concern.

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Answer 3
The above diagram shows the steps in the development of the policy analytical
framework. The steps described are:
Problem Identification- The first step in the analytical framework is concerned with
identify the problem and the scope of the problem, focussing on specific points like
how many people will be affected and what will be the implication on the business
processes will help in identifying the needs in comprehensive manner (Rogge &
Reichardt, 2016)
Identify and describe the policy options-This can be divided into 2 steps, the first
step is to identify the policy option and the second is to describe the policy option. In
the identify step reviewing of literature has to be done, and survey the best practices
around the policy development and conducting an environmental scan to understand
the scope of the policy. In the describe stage all the policy options have to be
described in totality.
Developing a strategy for adoption of the policy-Once the solution for the policy
is prioritized, the next step is to create a strategy for getting the policies enacted and
implemented. The steps ensured in the strategy for adoption are clarifying the

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operational issues in the development of the policy, sharing information with the
stakeholders and conducting background research on additional work required in the
policies (Webber & Smith, 2014)
Answer 4
The present policy and procedures underpinning the work scope determine how the
business is moving forward. The policies and procedures involved in business
operation form the most important part of business cycle. In case of a problem in the
operation process or any other business process, the first step is to review the
current policy, and evaluate how the policy works, find the lacunae in the present
policy and the need for further improvement. If the process can be changed without
drafting a new policy, the same policy is tweaked to accommodate the changes, in
other cases a new policy has to be framed. Thus the existing policy helps to identify
the gaps the current policy is unable to address, and the gaps are like incremental
and developmental changes required in the organization. Thus it can be said that
present policies serves as the base for the growth and development of new policies,
policies which would change the current landscape of business policy and
accommodate new elements introduced in the process.
Answer 5
Legislation/regulation on which policies and procedures should be based is:
Workplace health and Safety: This legislation aims at ensuring that the
organization is doing the best it can according to the standards as defined according
to industry to ensure the safety at the workplace of its employees. A policy has to be
thus created enlisting the steps that should be taken to ensure the safety of the
employee and organization.
Staff welfare and working condition: The aim of this legislation is to create policy
which are useful for the welfare of the staff and improve their working condition. In
absence of such policy, there will be no benchmark against which the welfare of the
staff and working condition will be monitored.

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Dealing with ill health and injury: Organization has to consider legislation related
to ill health and injury, the said process and protocol has to be followed while dealing
with the case of injury and ill health
Anti-discrimination act: This legislation ensures that all the employees are treated
fairly and no discrimination is done on the base of caste, colour, sex, race and so on.
Thus a policy has to be framed in tandem to this legislation to ensure that no
discrimination is done to any individual.
Fair Trade Act: Every business is supposed to work ethically, ensuring that fair
trade practices are done in the organization. Hence policy has to be framed to
ensure that fair trade practices are followed in the organization

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Pollack, M.A., 2015. Policy-making in the European Union. Oxford University Press, USA.
Rogge, K.S. and Reichardt, K., 2016. Policy mixes for sustainability transitions: An extended concept
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Sabatier, P.A. and Weible, C.M. eds., 2014. Theories of the policy process. Westview Press.
Webber, M. and Smith, M., 2014. Foreign policy in a transformed world. Routledge.