The initiating of appropriate management strategies has been helpful for the organization in carrying out sustainability practices in their operations.
2. Introduction
Organizational Report Policy Assignment Unit - 1
Policy Option Summaries
Work practices: Organization needs to becommitted towards sustainabilityin orderto bringout improvement in their work
practicewhileundertakingtheir functioning. Businessmust implement strategies that arebest goingto makeuseof resources
within the workplace (Dovers, 2005). It is also important for engaging stakeholders for developing better work practices
within the business environment. Under this it is crucial for the organization to recognize the importance of protecting
environment by minimizingenvironmental impact of work practices carried out by theenterprise.
Communication: Within a business communication plays a big role to form a sustainability strategy. It is important for
carryingout internal communication forcarryingout thechangeprocess in order to makethe business operationssustainable.
Employees of the business havealways been thepart of very green conscious public (et.al., 2013). Further, business needs to
communicate about their strategies to external world in order to protect the sales against increasing number of
environmentally conscious consumers.
Equal employment opportunity practices: Sustainability practice is going to ensure about the application of business
policies, practices and procedures, sothat thereis no discrimination undertaken within theenterpriseand every employeeis
laid down with equal access to opportunities (Barr, 2012).
Draft Sustainability Policy
Work practices
Tiny Opera Company is goingto managetheir work practicein amost appropriatemanner, especially in respect to theuseof costumes,
props, lighting and other facilities (Cox and Béland, 2013). Theinitiatingof appropriate management strategies has been helpful for the
organization in carrying out sustainability practices in their operations. Company is going to engage their stakeholders in order to
encourageuseof resources in an efficient and responsiblemanner.
Objective Strategy Timeline
Minimizingresourceuse
· Appropriate monitoring of resources being allocated for each
show
· Usage of highly sustainable resources that are environmental
friendly
· There must be appropriate use of costume, props, lighting and
facilities duringtheshow
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Reducingtoxic materials and hazardous chemical use
· It is crucial for the enterprise to reduce the presence of
hazardous and toxic materials from theprop beingused in theshows
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Encouragingefficient and responsiblepaper use
· It is important for driving paper efficient work practices and it
must bedoneby leveragingcorporatesystem upgrades
· Better sortingof recyclablepaper from general rubbish
· There is a need for laying down regular monitoring and
reviewingofficepaper
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UsingLow Volatileorganic compound
· While carryingout thepaintingof sets theremust beuseof Low
Volatile organic compound in order to protect the performance of
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3. health and safety of employees
Appropriateuseof electricity
· Programming of all reverse-cycle air conditioners in the office
to automatically switch off at 4.45 pm every day
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Communication
Tiny OperaCompany is goingto undergo appropriatestrategies concerningeffectivecommunication process within the business work
environment of the enterprise. This is done in order to align the working of various departments of the organization in a most
appropriatemanner (Varsei.et.al., 2014). Management is also goingto carry out encouragement process in orderto undergo appropriate
external communication process.
Objective Strategy Timeline
Encouragingvisitors to consider sustainability
· Business is going to encourage their visitors to adopt
sustainability practicein their daily routine. It will bepresentingthe
aspects that how sustainableorganization has been in order to carry
out their activities.
· For encouraging this aspect business is going to lay down
external publicity materials.
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Effectivecommunication amongtheemployees
· Tiny Opera Company is going to build LAN and other
communication aspects, so that within theenterpriseemployees are
able to undergo appropriate communication process. This will be
helpful in undergoingappropriatesustainablecommunication within
thework environment.
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Proper communication between higher and lower level
officials
· For enhancing the sustainable communications there is a need
for enhancingcommunication amonghigher and lower level officials.
· In order to enhance this aspect therewould bedevelopment of
internal memos.
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Equalemployment opportunity practices
Objective Strategy Timeline
Employees will beprovided with equal opportunities
· For initiatingthis aspect company is goingto comply with state,
federal and legislation practicein order to provideequal opportunity
to their employees.
· Business is also going to bind with their operations with
international human rights agreements.
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An Interim Report That Includes:
An explanation of how youdevelopeda sustainability policy that reflects TinyOpera Company’s commitment to sustainability
Theprocess that has been adopted for the development of sustainability policy of Tiny OperaCompany is as follows:
Meeting withthe officials: In order to form theappropriatesustainabilitypolicyappropriatemeetings havebeen undertaken
in respect to various activities beingundertaken withinthebusiness. Themeetings initiated with theindividuals had different
perception in respect to the activities that are carried out within the enterprise (et.al., 2016). However, therewerecertain
4. aspects that had similar perception of every employee. In order to note down these points appropriate memos has been
prepared for evaluating these aspects of sustainability in an appropriate manner. It has been done in order to prepare
appropriatestrategies against thesesustainablepractices.
Identify the drawbacks: After evaluating the memos it has been identified the common drawbacks that were seen to be
within the Tiny Opera Company was in relation to work practices, communication and employment opportunity practices
(et.al., 2012). These aspects have been considered important based upon the feedback undertaken by the management
strategy and other officials of theenterprise.
Planning ways for being sustainable: The recognition of the areas for which it is important for framing sustainability
practice has lead to carry out the planning aspect that is required to be adopted for undergoing effective formulation of
strategies (Loorbach and Wijsman, 2013). In order to be sustainablein thebusiness practiceit is important for carryingout
significant planningfor framingout strategies against theareas that is required to beimproved through effectiveformulation
of policies.
Looking after the viewpoints of management: Once the sustainable policy has been framed the approval of higher
management has been undertaken. It has been donein order to look after their viewpoint concerningthesustainablepolicies
(et.al., 2014). In this respect it has been identified that officials werehighly satisfied with respect to thesustainablepolicies
that has been framed against work practices, communication and employment opportunity practices.