Governance and management framework
Government Functional Standard, GovS 008: Commercial, Version: 2.0, published by HM Government in September 2021, suggests: ‘A governance and management framework sets out the authority limits, decision making roles and rules, degrees of autonomy, assurance needs, reporting structure, accountabilities and roles and the appropriate management practices and associated documentation needed to meet this standard.’
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