Editing Business process (section)

==Policies, processes and procedures==

The above improvement areas are equally applicable to policies, processes, [[Procedure (business)|detailed procedures]] (sub-processes/tasks) and [[work instruction]]s. There is a cascading effect of improvements made at a higher level on those made at a lower level.<ref name="RohdeEffective09">{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ymOtDqFjMwYC&pg=PA105 |chapter=Chapter 7: Communicating Your Process Through Effective Policies, Procedures, and Job Aides |title=Effective Process Management: Improving Your Healthcare Delivery |author=Rohde, K.R. |date=October 2009 |publisher=HC Pro |pages=105–128 |isbn=9781601466549}}</ref>

For example, if a recommendation to replace a given policy with a better one is made with proper justification and accepted in principle by business process owners, then corresponding changes in the consequent processes and procedures will follow naturally in order to enable implementation of the policies.