IMPBP301 – Provide governance for your food business
Overview
This standard is about the skills and knowledge needed for you to provide governance for your food business.
Providing governance is important in ensuring the food business conforms to a legal format. It is important in influencing the strategy, policies, vision and culture of a food business. It is also important in ensuring the strategy and policies are deployed across the food business adhering to social, ethical and regulatory procedures. Governance is essential to the formation and operation of a food business. It is the overarching area, governing body or board, of an organisation that ensures it is operating to regulatory requirements with transparency and accountability. It also provides input into the direction and strategic operation of the food business and ensures it adheres to ethical and social responsibilities.
You must have the skills and understanding to make informed decisions around the viability of the food business, establish roles and systems to ensure provision of governance. You must also have the skills and understanding to ensure the food business operates within regulatory requirements.
You will need to know and understand the regulatory requirements, requirements and responsibilities of the governing body. You must also know and understand the limits of authority and possible risks associated with the operation of a food business.
This standard is for you if you work in food operations and/or supply operations and are involved in providing governance for a food business.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
Support roles and systems
1. confirm the behaviours and values of the governing body and all people working in the food business are in line with organisational policies
2. adhere to the clearly defined roles of the governing body, the role of the business executive leader and other board members
3. follow the systems and procedures to ensure the food business is directed and managed with transparency, adhering to regulatory requirements
Make informed decisions
4. make informed decisions with transparency and accountability to ensure the success and continued viability of the food business
5. engage with relevant people to agree and determine the food business’s strategy, policy and structure
Ensure implementation and compliance
6. delegate authority to the relevant people within the food business to implement strategy, policy and structure through organisational plans, systems and procedures
7. confirm compliance with the regulatory and organisational requirements of the food business
8. agree finance and resources for the implementation of the food business’s objectives and plans
9. monitor and review the performance of the food business in line with objectives and use to contribute to the annual report
10. contribute to decision making around the continued viability of a food business
Knowledge and understanding
You need to know and understand
Provide governance
1. what the regulatory requirements relating to the operation of a food business are and the governing body’s responsibility in ensuring adherence to them
2. the legal, regulatory, organisational, systems and procedures relating to the operation of a food business governing body
3. why it is important to provide governance that is transparent and accountable and how to do this
4. why it is important to define the responsibilities of the chair of the governing body and the Chief Executive Officer of the food business
5. what the requirements of the governing body are to strategy, culture, policy and planning development, their implementation in a food business and how to carry this out
6. what the requirements and responsibilities of the governing body are with respect to setting objectives and plans for a food business and why it is important to know and implement limits of authority
7. why it is important to ensure the food business has sufficient resources to carry out the organisational objectives and how to do this
8. how to support development and change within a food business and why it is important to do so
9. the importance of informed decision making and the consequences if informed decision making does not take place
10. how to liaise with people within the food business and stakeholders to input into decision making and why it is important to do so
11. how to delegate authority when providing governance for a food business
12. how to monitor and review the performance of the food business in line with objectives
13. the importance of producing an annual report and how to do this
Organisational governance
14. the regulatory requirements of those providing governance to a food business and the processes and systems required to provide governance to a food business
15. the remit of the governing body and the limits of its authority
16. the regulatory requirements relating to the operation of a business and those specifically relating to the operation of a food business
17. the different options available for the legal format of a food business including sole trader, partnership, limited company or not for profit community interest companies and industrial and providence societies
18. the advantages and disadvantages of each legal format and how it affects the operation of a food business
19. how the legal format can affect the tax position of the food business
20. the social and ethical responsibilities of the governing body of a food business
21. the specific liabilities that lie with the governing body of a food business including health and safety, insurance, public liability, fire regulations, copyright and patent and others who this liability ultimately lies with
22. why adherence to compliance with regulations, codes of practice and organisational requirements is essential to the success of a food business and why it is important for the governing body to recognise and understand this
23. the importance of informed input into decision making around strategy and policy development in a food business
24. the financial risks associated with the operation of a food business and the implications to those providing governance if the food business were to fail
IMPBP301 – Provide governance for your food business
Overview
This standard is about the skills and knowledge needed for you to provide governance for your food business.
Providing governance is important in ensuring the food business conforms to a legal format. It is important in influencing the strategy, policies, vision and culture of a food business. It is also important in ensuring the strategy and policies are deployed across the food business adhering to social, ethical and regulatory procedures. Governance is essential to the formation and operation of a food business. It is the overarching area, governing body or board, of an organisation that ensures it is operating to regulatory requirements with transparency and accountability. It also provides input into the direction and strategic operation of the food business and ensures it adheres to ethical and social responsibilities.
You must have the skills and understanding to make informed decisions around the viability of the food business, establish roles and systems to ensure provision of governance. You must also have the skills and understanding to ensure the food business operates within regulatory requirements.
You will need to know and understand the regulatory requirements, requirements and responsibilities of the governing body. You must also know and understand the limits of authority and possible risks associated with the operation of a food business.
This standard is for you if you work in food operations and/or supply operations and are involved in providing governance for a food business.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
Support roles and systems
1. confirm the behaviours and values of the governing body and all people working in the food business are in line with organisational policies
2. adhere to the clearly defined roles of the governing body, the role of the business executive leader and other board members
3. follow the systems and procedures to ensure the food business is directed and managed with transparency, adhering to regulatory requirements
Make informed decisions
4. make informed decisions with transparency and accountability to ensure the success and continued viability of the food business
5. engage with relevant people to agree and determine the food business’s strategy, policy and structure
Ensure implementation and compliance
6. delegate authority to the relevant people within the food business to implement strategy, policy and structure through organisational plans, systems and procedures
7. confirm compliance with the regulatory and organisational requirements of the food business
8. agree finance and resources for the implementation of the food business’s objectives and plans
9. monitor and review the performance of the food business in line with objectives and use to contribute to the annual report
10. contribute to decision making around the continued viability of a food business
Knowledge and understanding
You need to know and understand
Provide governance
1. what the regulatory requirements relating to the operation of a food business are and the governing body’s responsibility in ensuring adherence to them
2. the legal, regulatory, organisational, systems and procedures relating to the operation of a food business governing body
3. why it is important to provide governance that is transparent and accountable and how to do this
4. why it is important to define the responsibilities of the chair of the governing body and the Chief Executive Officer of the food business
5. what the requirements of the governing body are to strategy, culture, policy and planning development, their implementation in a food business and how to carry this out
6. what the requirements and responsibilities of the governing body are with respect to setting objectives and plans for a food business and why it is important to know and implement limits of authority
7. why it is important to ensure the food business has sufficient resources to carry out the organisational objectives and how to do this
8. how to support development and change within a food business and why it is important to do so
9. the importance of informed decision making and the consequences if informed decision making does not take place
10. how to liaise with people within the food business and stakeholders to input into decision making and why it is important to do so
11. how to delegate authority when providing governance for a food business
12. how to monitor and review the performance of the food business in line with objectives
13. the importance of producing an annual report and how to do this
Organisational governance
14. the regulatory requirements of those providing governance to a food business and the processes and systems required to provide governance to a food business
15. the remit of the governing body and the limits of its authority
16. the regulatory requirements relating to the operation of a business and those specifically relating to the operation of a food business
17. the different options available for the legal format of a food business including sole trader, partnership, limited company or not for profit community interest companies and industrial and providence societies
18. the advantages and disadvantages of each legal format and how it affects the operation of a food business
19. how the legal format can affect the tax position of the food business
20. the social and ethical responsibilities of the governing body of a food business
21. the specific liabilities that lie with the governing body of a food business including health and safety, insurance, public liability, fire regulations, copyright and patent and others who this liability ultimately lies with
22. why adherence to compliance with regulations, codes of practice and organisational requirements is essential to the success of a food business and why it is important for the governing body to recognise and understand this
23. the importance of informed input into decision making around strategy and policy development in a food business
24. the financial risks associated with the operation of a food business and the implications to those providing governance if the food business were to fail
Keywords: Food; drink; manufacturing; business; governance