Policy Development

CBB Consulting can assist in the development/review of your policy framework. The following activities are typical of this review process:

• Completing a “desk review” of provided documentation.
• Comparing documentation to CBB’s data base of policy frameworks.
• Providing a critical report based on the “desk review”

CBB Consulting would provide a methodology and facilitate a workshop to assist management/executive undertake a scoping process in regard to policy. The scoping workshop would primarily focus on where and how management/executive responsibilities and roles fit, and as a consequence where their boundaries occur. CBB Consulting would also expand on the range of process steps that occur in policy formulation and implementation. Two themes occur within the workshop.

Theme 1: Policy Process

• Define policy levels – Board separate to organisation
• Review policy areas – Establishing policy areas
• Identify policy gaps – Assessing policy gaps, applying risk assessments
• Initiate policy – Design and expectation of policy
• Formulate policy – Prepare and critically appraise policy initiative and assess budget impact
• Approve policy – Responsibilities and accountabilities are recognised
• Disseminate policy – Communicating policy to the right people
• Implement policy – Manage policy and its application
• Audit policy – Review effectiveness and relevance

Theme 2: Scope and Boundaries

This, the more significant part of the workshop would discuss and provide a basis for management/ executive to evaluate their policy processes including a “process/decision making tool” that assists with policy scoping.

The workshop would have as an objective, to ensure management/executive are in accord with the entire policy framework; and that policy scope and how to determine that scope, are understood.