Introduction The Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteiten (NVWA) translated as the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority is a Dutch public organization. This organization aims to safeguard “the health of animals and plants, animal wellbeing, the security of food and consumer products and, enforce the [Dutch] nature law.” Consequently, every inhabitant of the Netherlands is directly dependent on them. Furthermore, many individuals worldwide are also, either consciously or unconsciously, reliant on the NVWA due to the large amounts of goods the Netherlands exports. Before 2009, the tasks of the NVWA were fulfilled by three separate organizations: the General Inspection Body (Algemene Inspectiedienst, AID), the Plant Protection Service (Plantenziektenkundigedienst, PD), and the Inspection and Qualification Service for Goods (Keuringdienst van Waren, KVW). However, since 2012 these companies have officially fused and are now one entity called the NVWA. During the period of the fusion there was also reorganization. Within this essay I will analyze the NVWA‘s vision, mission and strategy, type: public or private, organizational structure, leadership, organizational culture, and environment. Mission, Vision and Strategy The mission, vision and strategy give an illustration of the background and context of an organization. A mission is what the company stands for and the primary objectives it aims to achieve, whilst a vision is what the company wants to achieve in the far future. A strategy is a way of tackling the issues faced when working towards the vision and/or the mission. It is the answer to the question how? Just like many other public organization, the NVWA had to downsize its workforce which likewise put pressure o... ... middle of paper ... ...for overall greater efficiency and effectiveness. This is important because the NVWA is a typical situation in which the leader only has knowledge about how to lead and manage an organization, however, does not have much knowledge about the substantive aspects of the organization. By forcing the division to take responsibility they no longer have to directly justify their actions to the IG who has little knowledge and can therefore less effectively judge the situation. This will consequently lead to a narrowing of the gap, as employees receive more responsibility and therefore reach a more equal level. Besides, not going through the process of justification costs less time and is therefore more efficient. This also leads to more flexibility within the organization, which is necessary for an organization whose work depends on the developments within society.
Both, vision and mission statements provide purpose to organizations. Therefore, they should set the foundation for the strategic planning process. However, if and organizations strategic direction evolves, leaders should consider revising the organization’s mission and vision
The Meat Inspection Act of 1906 was an attempt to regulate the meatpacking industry and to assure consumers that the meat they were eating was safe. In brief, this act made compulsory the careful inspection of meat before its consummation, established sanitary standards for slaughterhouses and processing plants, and required continuous U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection of meat processing and packaging. Yet, the most important objectives set by the law are the prevention of adulterated or misbranded livestock and products from being commercialized and sold as food, and the making sure that meat and all its products are processed and prepared in the adequate sanitary and hygienic conditions (Reeves 35). Imported meat and its various products are no exception to these conditions; they must be inspected under equivalent foreign standards.
INTRODUCTION Formulating strategy means defining the key issues needed to be addressed to enable progress and improvement to be made in meeting future vision for an organisation or service, whether at government, regional or local level (Walshe & Smith, 2006). Davies (as cited in Walshe & Smith, 2006) state vision is a conceptual precursor to the creation of corporate policy, different from the mission, which mission statements are derived from corporate policy. Other aspects of envisioning that are relevant at different levels of an organisation, or across inter-organisational networks, include the formulation of strategies based on a SWOT (Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis of the organisation or service, its resources and the interests of its stakeholders, which in the case of healthcare would be government representatives, insurers, patients and local citizens (Walshe & Smith, 2006).
Almost every angle of the food industry can be considered dangerous. It is dangerous to make the food, as a meatpacking job is one that is viewed as having abnormally high risks; however when the food is handed over a counter on a tray or prepared in a family of four’s kitchen, it poses a huge risk to humankind. Foodborne illnesses are all too common and almost everybody has the possiblity of contracting a foodborne illness. These are life threatening diseases that need to be monitored and regulated; therefore the enforcement of government regulations in the fast food industry could potentially save many lives that are lost annually due to the numerous factors that need regulation.
Throughout this course, the subjects of food productions, food safety, its trade and its impacts on economies have been analysed and examined on several levels. But while there are many scholarly sources that examined these situations, personally producing one’s own quantitative data furthers the arguments made by the authors in food literature. This paper will explore the issues of food production at the local and global levels, through the way it is manufactured, distributed to consumers, the policies supporting its functions and its impact on the parties involved. Based on an interview with a five year grocery store employee and her insights about the grocery store franchise of which she is employed, the many issues surrounding the industrial food industry are uncovered.
It makes for more cost effective decisions because the staff has input into new equipment and procedures that will be instituted on the unit. This empowers the decision makers and nurses have more control over their nursing practice by being an accountability-based governance system for professional workers. (Marquis & Huston,
Recognition of Bess or “Clean, Safety and Healthy” has been enforced to all food premises trader in Malaysia in 2012 and currently regulated under the enforcement of Food Safety and Quality Department, Ministry of Health and Nutritional Department, Public Health Office, Ministry of Health in which it is fully supported by several related agencies such as Ministry of Domestic Trades, Co-Operatives and Consumerisms (KPDNKK), local authorities, Agricultural Department, FAMA, and Islamic Religion Department etc. This recognition program is an effective effort that has been implemented by the Ministry of Health in order to encourage all food premises trader in the country to provide and sell the food which must guaranteed to be securely, healthy and nourishing to all customers. The implementation of these guidelines is part of an improvisation against current monitoring programs that has been enforced to all food premises in the country through the Ministry of Health. Generally, there are four main criteria which must be compiled by the trader of food premises before successfully elicit this recognition certificate to the operational activities and services of their own food premise. The main four criteria are consists of perpetuating hygiene level to their own premise, providing safety and healthy food and providing the food in an accurate serving size amount in accordance to the needs of an individual. In order to acquiring this recognition certificate to their own food premise with the aim to enhance the cleanliness images of the food operator itself for the virtues of their customers effectively, all food premises trader must conform two main components meticulously as prescribed in the guidelines of BeSS recognition for th...
The current mission, vision, and value statements are written very broadly to provide the five divisions within the company with an overall direction and strategy. Each division then interprets the strategy and goals to develop operational processes, procedures, tactics and plans to implement and achieve those goals.
The greed of food companies to make a profit should not corrupt the moral obligation to protect the consumer. This also means there is a necessity for food factory inspections to ensure that the wellbeing of workers and animals remain the number one priority. Some may argue this type of reform will cost too much monetarily but is it worth it to cost a
Strategic planning consist of four steps starting from defining the company’s mission. When talking about a mission were talking about a certain phrase or slogan for say, that is intended to draw attention to customers and make them want to be even more loyal to the company. For example Walmart says, “Save money. Live Better”. Therefore, Walmart’s mission would be to let people know that they have low prices all day every day, insinuating that their products are affordable for everyone. This is a good mission because it gets the majority of the people in this world to want to go out and save money on their everyday necessities and even luxuries. The second step would be to set certain objectives and goals for the company as well. For example, CVS did use “Health is everything” as their mission and this didn’t just set out for a name it became a goal as well. Sooner or later you must set goals on your mission to understand the level that you need to get to and reach. Another example of a goal that I believe CVS set was to start selling healthier products. In the chapter it says that CVS stopped selling tobacco and other products that
The third weakness is the fact that food tests, inspections, and the detection of contaminants are taken seriously only after an outbreak of some food-borne diseases, food poisoning, or deaths. The increase in the number of food establishments or outlets such as cold stores, hypermarkets, and supermarkets reported by the Public Health Director has also made inspection and control mo...
Food safety is an increasingly important public health issue. Governments all over the world are intensifying their efforts to improve food safety. Food borne illnesses are diseases, usually either infectious or toxic in nature, caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of food. “In industrialized countries, the percentage of people suffering from food borne diseases each year has been reported to be up to 30%. In the United States of America, for example, around 76 million cases of food borne diseases, resulting in 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths, are estimated to occur each year.” (Geneva 2)
Food safety culture society can be considered of comparable significance (3)to administrative consistence and client benefit . On the off chance that any of these three perspectives fizzle , the business itself could come up short (Ungku Zainal Abidin et al , 2013 ) . Numerous businesses additionally lift security to the same or even a larger amount of significance than these as no business can exist without representatives . Food safety highlights in the work environment is another great case of the significance of value affirmation in the public eye today (Taylor , 2011 ) . Regardless of whether it is the honesty of a security bridle for working at statures or the water testing for the city , quality estimations , preparing and framework arrangement can all straightforwardly influence workers and even open (4)wellbeing (Griffith , 2012 ) . Food safety is a logical idea portraying and dealing with , readiness , and capacity of foods in ways that anticipate foodborne disease . This incorporates various schedules that ought to be taken after to stay away from conceivably extreme (5)wellbeing perils (Roberts et al , 2012 )
An organisation’s mission is the back bone of all strategic decisions; the mission will have an influence on all activities performed within the organisation, because if they aren’t achieving their mission an organisation is failing. The long term strategic goals of an organisation should directly aim to achieve their mission and these goals are what performance can be measured off. Without specific goals attempting to measure performance is pointless, and identifying who or what the main focus of these goals is the key to optimisation.
The statement of a mission encourages one to progress to succession. A mission statement involves strategic planning in ...