What are company Policies?

They are a set of guidelines that establish standards, procedures and behaviors that employees must follow. In many cases, the company policy You must comply with certain legal requirements, for example those relating to employee rights.

The types of policies that companies implement vary widely, depending on the nature of the business and the philosophy from management.

The most common mistakes regarding business policies are:

• Every company has them, but they are seldom clearly defined and documented.
• They are generally not communicated or understood by all members of the company.
• Often they do not go in the same direction as the vision of the company.
• They do not derive from them clear objectives.
• They are not periodically reviewed to adapt them to internal or external changes, such as the national and international context.

How to define the policy of a company?

Having adequately defined the

company policy, is essential for the proper functioning of the organization. Defining these policies is not difficult, the real problem is complying with them, without them the company does not control its future.

The first point to take into account is to define real policies, this refers to enforceable policies. To do this, when doing so, it is necessary to identify and analyze both internal and external factors that affect compliance with them.

Second, the rules of the game must be aligned and set, for everyone from managers, employees, to workers.

It is a statement of the general principles that the company undertakes to comply with, a good policy does not occupy more than two pages and lists a series of basic guidelines that define the philosophy of the company, some rules about the behavior expected of its employees.

Once the policy is created, it must be documented and included in the Quality Manual or in the Manual Comprehensive management of the company and also distributed to employees, for their knowledge and implementation.

Types of Policies

There are several types of policy depending on its scope, the most common are:

• General policies: It marks and defines the general lines of the company, they are policies that involve the entire organization. They must be known to all the workers that make up the company's human resources and serve as a guide. For it to be good, it must be in accordance with the company's strategy and serve as a reference for the development of the rest of the company's policies, such as departmental and specific ones.
• Departmental Policies: Includes the principles to be followed by each department or service. Some of these are the Quality Policy that talks about the principles and quality objectives to be achieved, the Environmental Policy that deals with the fact of being responsible, in the preservation of the environment, as well as minimizing the environmental impact, the Policy for the Prevention of Occupational Risks and Health at Work, speaks of the importance of obtaining and establishing and providing decent working conditions sales policy and commissions, established to manage volumes and motivate the employee.
• Specific policies: Set the principles for specific activities and projects, tailored to the project and are usually temporary.

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