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Learning
Outcomes
At the end of this activity you will be able to:
· Outline how your organisation may promote environmental benefits.
· Portray the organisation
· Recognise key personnel.
· Depict the organisation's site and situation
Assessment
Criteria
You will:
· Identify Standards, Policies and Management Systems
in your organisation
· Describe the organisation's structure, functions,
activities, own role, management style, and key personnel
· Draw a map of where your organisation is in relation
to geographical and ecological locale, land air and water.
Task
1
Find or make a chart outlining your organisation, including
relation to parent or subsidiary companies. This chart should
indicate the overall structure of your organisation, its main
functions (e.g. delivering mail) and main activities (e.g
collecting, sorting, driving) and your own position (e.g postie)
Task 2
Style Counsel
Where is your organisation in relation to each of the following?
Note the number for each category.
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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STANDARDS |
None
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ISO
9000 |
Investors
in People (IiP)
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ISO
14001 |
Intergrated
Procedures |
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POLICIES |
None
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Health
& Safety Policy |
HS&
Environment Policy |
Environment
Policy |
Supply
Chain Policies |
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SYSTEMS |
Nothing
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Paper
Recycling |
Waste
Minimisation Scheme |
Energy
Efficiency Programme
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Green
Accounting |
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STYLE |
Not
Recognisable |
Hierachy:Bosses
& workers |
Team
Working |
Recognise
trade Unions |
Total
Qualilty |
Determine
which number features most in your assessment. If that
number is
1. You have a difficult job to do. Best of luck!
2. You will have the basis to make environmental improvements
3. You should find that "the environment" is the next
natural step
4. You need to be aware of other environmental moves
5. You should be so lucky!
Which number do you think your organisation is? Write
a short report (paragraph) explaining your choice of
number(s).
Task 3
Key Personnel.
Who would you go to to implement any environmental change?
1. Quality Manager
2. H&S Officer/Adviser
3. Works Manager
4. trade Union Rep
5. Director.
Add another short report, explaining why you made your
particular choice.
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Task
4
Draw
a map of your organisation. Describe what the surrounding
area consists of in terms of land (e.g. fields, "built-up"
etc), air (e.g windy) and water (e.g rivers). Oultine the
"geographical locale" (e.g flat, hilly) and any "ecological
niches" ( e.g marsh, wood)
Allow 3 hours maximum for
this activitiy (1 hour for each task). Check the Guide
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