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BSBSUS511 Develop workplace policies and procedures for sustainability - Greenwich Management College

Assessment Task 1 - Knowledge Questionnaire

The questions focus on the knowledge evidence required for this unit of competency:

• Australian and international standards relating to corporate sustainability
• environmental and sustainability legislation, regulations and codes of practice applicable to organisation
• internal and external sources of information and their use in planning and developing organisational sustainability policies and procedures
• elements required for the development of organisational sustainability policies and processes including:
o agreed outcomes of the policy and procedures
o policy timeframes and costs
o performance indicators
o activities to be undertaken
o assigned responsibilities
o record keeping, review and improvement processes
o common sustainability issues with organisational systems and procedures
o typical barriers to implementing policies and procedures in an organisation and possible strategies to address them.

Question 1
List and briefly outline three Australian and international standards relating to corporate sustainability. (20 - 30 words each)

Question 2
Think about an organisation that you are familiar with, what is the environmental or sustainability legislation, regulations and code of practice that is applicable to the organisation?
List and describe three (30-50 words/description)

Question 3
Identify and list 2 internal and 2 external sources of information that can assist when developing sustainability policy and procedures for an organisation.
Outline how they can be used when developing a sustainability policy. (30-50 words)
Sources of information:
• Internal:
• External:

Application in policy development:

Question 4
Write a brief explanation of the elements required for the development of organisational sustainability policies and processes listed in the table below. (30 - 40 words each)

Element
agreed outcomes of the policy and procedures

policy timeframes and costs

performance indicators

activities to be undertaken

assigned responsibilities

record keeping, review and improvement processes

common sustainability issues with organisational systems and procedures

Question 5
Explain your approach for each of the following barriers and challenges when implementing policies and procedures inside an organisation:

Challenge
An employee does not believe the new policy will be a benefit to the workplace. They believe the current process is working well

Employees avoid using the new policy as they found it too complicated

Lack of resource allocation by management caused issues in updating most of the policies and procedures

Attachment:- Workplace policies and procedures.rar