The formal guidance needed to coordinate and execute activity throughout the institution. When effectively deployed, policy statements help focus attention and resources on high priority issues - aligning and merging efforts to achieve the institutional vision.
Policy provides the operational framework within which the institution functions.
The operational processes required to implement institutional policy. Operating practices can be formal or informal, specific to a department or applicable across the entire institution. Policy statements may also include statements of Objectives. The order of presentation of each element of the policy statement and additional information about each element, are noted below. The Policy section should be a statement that provides clear, concise formal guidance for institutional decisions and actions.