Student Assessment Manual

BSBSUS501
Develop workplace policy and procedures for
sustainability

Assessment Method Three – Project

 BSBSUS501 Develop workplace policy and procedures for sustainability

Version 1 Page 2 of 5 August 2018

Australian Institute of Science and Technology RTO # 30645 CRICOS # 03677G
 Assessment Method Three – Project
Application suggestions:
1. This assessment method is designed as a summative assessment method to be issued at the
commencement of training delivery and due at a date to be determined after the completion of the training
delivery.
2. The submission must include the Assessment Cover Sheet.

Instructions
For this assessment, you will need to perform the following tasks. These tasks will need to be completed and
submitted in a professional, word processed format.

Project
Design and develop a proposal for improved sustainability practices for Graduate Management Association
of Australia Inc (GMAA).

Review the following documents from GMAA:

• GMAA Annual report
• GMAA Strategic Plan
• Continuous improvement policy and procedures
• Document management policy and procedures
• Sustainability policy and procedures
• Work Health and Safety policy and procedures

You are required to book a telephone consultation with GMAA National Vice-president Dr Darryl Gauld to
discuss areas of priority.

Your proposal might address a specific issue or a total environmental management process.

Include in your proposal:

• a clear description of the current situation, the desired situation and the identified gaps—reasons
for making changes or improvements (including compliance with continuous improvement
requirements)—the benefits—including the ability to utilise the new practices (social, economic
or physical environment impacts) as a competitive edge
• a description of the research conducted and information gathered to justify the need for the
proposal
• information about consultations government agencies (legislation and regulations) to identify
compliance requirements
• considerations of the organisational culture that would support or act as a barrier to improved
management and monitoring of sustainability
• organisational policies that currently support sustainability practices and any identified need for
changes, adjustments or new policies
• a description of the procedures that would be followed to implement the proposal, the required
outcomes, performance indicators and procedures that would be followed to monitor
implementation
• any costs associated with the proposal—this includes the cost of not going ahead with the
proposal
Develop and document an action plan—to indicate who would be responsible for the different parts of the
improvement process, time frames/ deadlines.

A communication training and education plan to indicate how and when employees and other relevant
stakeholders will receive information about the proposal and about their input and responsibilities.

Describe the procedures that would follow to track the progress of the sustainability practices and to
document and report on the outcomes.

You will need to present your proposal to at least two members of GMAA Board, and received their approval.
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The following signatures are to validate that the result and that feedback has been provided. They
do not mean agreement with the outcome.

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