Elements and Performance Criteria
- Monitor existing organisational policies
- Evaluation criteria are identified and established to determine appropriateness of existing organisational policies.
- Operational staff and key stakeholders are consulted on existing organisational policies in line with evaluation criteria and organisational requirements.
- Mechanisms are established to provide ongoing monitoring of organisational policies.
- Existing policies are analysed against evaluation criteria.
- Policy development requirements are identified and defined in terms of context, issues to be addressed, expected outcomes, possible complications, precedents and stakeholders.
- Priority areas for policy development are recommended in accordance with organisational requirements.
- Prepare policy advice
- Policy development parameters, procedures, resources and time frames are established and confirmed.
- Consultation processes with clients, staff and external personnel are developed and utilised.
- Interorganisational cooperation in policy development is sought as appropriate.
- Analytical framework for the development of an appropriate organisational policy is determined.
- Relevant factors such as change management are considered in the development of policy advice.
- Present and promote policy advice
- Recommendations for policy options are presented and promoted to management according to organisational requirements.
- An appropriate method of implementation is identified and agreed upon following approval of selected options.
- Stakeholders are informed of the nature of policy changes, expected outcomes, issues, expected costs, time lines and contextual factors.
- Where necessary the selected policy option is marketed to stakeholders.
- Processes are developed to enable the ongoing evaluation and monitoring of policy options.
- Processes are developed to review the policy development strategies within the organisation.