What is an Organizational Context Register and How to Use It?

An organizational context register is a tool that allows organizations to determine their context and manage and monitor their organizational context.

This context includes information about the organization’s operational environment, including the internal and external factors and relevant interested parties that influence the organization’s ability to achieve its objectives.

The register can be used to help an organization understand its strengths, weaknesses opportunities and threats and set priorities. It can also help an organization develop and implement strategies to achieve its goals.

The register can also be utilized for organizational learning and is useful for both strategic planning and operational decision-making. It can be used by all levels of management within an organization.

How to Identify the Context of an Organization

The AS/NZS ISO standards of AS/NZS ISO 9001, AS/NZS ISO 14001, and AS/NZS ISO 45001 do not prescribe how to identify context however, the standards require an organization to evaluate its operations and activities that influence various elements of the organization.

Consideration needs to be given to the top management review system, business culture, objectives and goals and complexity of products and services. It also requires risks and opportunities regarding the business context.

Understanding the Context of an Organization

To understand its context an organization needs to determine the scope of its internal and external issues that are relevant and affect its ability to achieve the intended outcomes of its management system. Once an understanding of the context of an organization is achieved it can then be used to establish, implement, maintain and continually improve a management system.

Internal and external issues can be positive or negative and include conditions, characteristics or changing circumstances that can affect its management system, for example, determining the scope of external issues can include:

• The cultural, political, economic social, technological, legal, financial, economic environment, and natural surroundings.
• Market competition, whether international, national, regional or local.
• The introduction of new competitors, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and partners, including issues that can affect customer satisfaction.
• Identifying relevant providers, new technologies, new laws and the emergence of new occupations.
• Key drivers and trends relevant to the industry or sector having an impact on the organization.
• Relationships with, as well as perceptions and values of its internal and external issues and interested parties.

Some examples of internal issues include:

• Governance, organizational structure, roles and accountabilities.
• Policies, objectives and the strategies that are in place to achieve them.
• The capabilities, understood in terms of resources, knowledge and competence.
• Information systems, documented information flows, high level internal audits and decision-making processes.
• The introduction of new products, materials, services, tools, software, premises and equipment.
• Relationships with, as well as perceptions and values of workers and the culture in the organization.
• The standards, guidelines and models adopted.
• Contractual relationships with customers, including outsourced activities, working time arrangements, and working conditions.

Contents of this Organizational Context Register

There are 14 spreadsheets in this safety, environmental and quality register inclusive of:

• Safety interested party register.
• Environmental interested party register.
• Quality interested party register.
• Safety issues register.
• Environmental issues register.
• Quality issues register.
• Safety risk register
• Environmental risk register.
• Quality risk register
• Safety opportunities register.
• Environmental opportunities register.
• Quality opportunities register.
• Environmental impacts and aspects register.

Why Choose to Buy this Organizational Context Register?

This very comprehensive organizational context register has 14 detailed spreadsheets in Excel format that can be used to gather an understanding of your business’s organizational context, regarding:

• AS/NZS ISO 9001, Quality Management Systems.
• AS/NZS ISO 14001, Environmental Management Systems.
• AS/NZS ISO 45001, Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.

The register follows some very logical steps and milestones for organizational context and includes some great examples which will give you some great ideas and save you a lot of time.

After purchasing this organizational context register template you will be able to:

• Very easily edit and customize the template to create your own organizational context register.
• Apply your own style, format and brand to the register.
• Use it in any industry or sector regardless of size or type of organization.

Availability and Use of this Organizational Context Register

• This organizational context register template is accessible to you right now by clicking the ‘Buy Now’ button.
• The organizational context register will be delivered to you in fully editable Microsoft Excel format for immediate and full use in your business.
• There are no subscriptions, contracts or ongoing costs.

This AS/NZS ISO organizational context register is 100% satisfaction guaranteed.

You may require:

• Management Review Meeting Agenda
• AS/NZS ISO 45001, 14001, 9001 Integrated Management System