IMPQI222 – Plan organisational change and improvement in food operations
Overview
This standard is about the skills and knowledge needed for you to plan change or a programme of change to support your organisation's drive to improve food operations. This is important to increasing productivity and success of manufacture, processing and supply within the food supply chain. Good planning is important where the implementation of change, improvement, new practice, targets and a performance driven culture creates challenges to individuals and the dynamic of teams.
You will need to show and understand how you take into account all the necessary information from documentation and colleagues to support your plans for improvement. You will need to know what the strategy, objectives and timelines are for improvement in your workplace, and understand the concerns of colleagues in achieving the improvement strategy. You will need to comply with your company policy for planning change and take responsibility for your actions. It involves developing plans to make the change that is needed, taking note of barriers, risks and the need to put appropriate monitoring and communication systems in place.
This standard is for you if you plan change and improvement working in food or drink operations including manufacturing, processing, packing or supply chain activities. You may have responsibilities for aspects of organisational improvement in a team leadership or management role.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
Confirm the scope of your plans for organisational change
identify and confirm the improvement strategy, objectives and timescales with the relevant personnel
consult with colleagues to agree the implementation issues and challenges for change
agree the scope for planning organisational change with the relevant personnel
Develop plans for organisational change
identify the procedures, systems, structure and roles that might need to be changed, and assess the gap between their current and required future state
identify and assess barriers to the potential organisational change
develop plans that set out the organisational change in accordance with improvement plans
assess the risks and benefits associated with the plans and develop contingency arrangements in accordance with procedures
include short-term 'wins' as well as longer-term deliverables in the development of plans for organisational change
Develop plans to support the implementation of organisational change
develop outline plans for monitoring and assessing progress in accordance with the plans for organisational change
develop a communication plan for the change process that allows personnel to give feedback
identify potential training and support needs and plan how to meet these in accordance with procedures
Obtain and provide planning feedback
seek feedback on the value of your planning for organisational change from the relevant personnel
check current compliance levels and targets in accordance with procedures
provide feedback on your planning to the relevant personnel
Knowledge and understanding
You need to know and understand
the main models and methods for managing change effectively, and their strengths and weaknesses
effective planning techniques
theory and application of the change/performance curve
theory and understanding of teams, including an understanding of teambuilding techniques and how to apply them
how to assess the risks and benefits associated with planned organisational change
the importance of contingency planning and how to do so effectively
how to make critical decisions
the internal and resource barriers to change, and the techniques that deal with these
stakeholder and line management expectations and how they influence the process
the organisation's improvement vision, strategy, objectives, the reasons for improvement, the risks and expected benefits
business and operational critical activities and interdependencies
those factors that need to be changed, and the associated priorities and reasons
the formal and informal communication channels used
what consultation arrangements are best suited to implement improvement
your organisations current position in the sector compared with its main competitors, relevant to the improvement programme
the range of information sources available to support the improvement programme
Keywords: Food operations; Manufacturing; Excellence; Improvement; Organisational development; Change; Plan
IMPQI222 – Plan organisational change and improvement in food operations
Overview
This standard is about the skills and knowledge needed for you to plan change or a programme of change to support your organisation's drive to improve food operations. This is important to increasing productivity and success of manufacture, processing and supply within the food supply chain. Good planning is important where the implementation of change, improvement, new practice, targets and a performance driven culture creates challenges to individuals and the dynamic of teams.
You will need to show and understand how you take into account all the necessary information from documentation and colleagues to support your plans for improvement. You will need to know what the strategy, objectives and timelines are for improvement in your workplace, and understand the concerns of colleagues in achieving the improvement strategy. You will need to comply with your company policy for planning change and take responsibility for your actions. It involves developing plans to make the change that is needed, taking note of barriers, risks and the need to put appropriate monitoring and communication systems in place.
This standard is for you if you plan change and improvement working in food or drink operations including manufacturing, processing, packing or supply chain activities. You may have responsibilities for aspects of organisational improvement in a team leadership or management role.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
Confirm the scope of your plans for organisational change
Develop plans for organisational change
Develop plans to support the implementation of organisational change
Obtain and provide planning feedback
Knowledge and understanding
You need to know and understand
Keywords: Food operations; Manufacturing; Excellence; Improvement; Organisational development; Change; Plan