Directors and senior managers

The board of directors and senior management lead the safety initiative and make clear by what they do that safety is a fundamental within the organization s culture. 

Whatever the size of an organization—10 employees or 100,000—the foregoing principles apply to achieve superior safety results. Safety is culture-driven, and the board of directors and senior management define the culture and the expected pattern of behavior. 

The Board of Directors and Senior Management Establish a Culture That Requires Maintaining Acceptable Risk Levels in All Operations... 

Management of staff has been critical to Syniad s success so far and will remain so in the future. The company s ability to expand depends on its ability to recruit and retain staff its reputation in the market place depends on the quality of its staff. The directors and senior management are well aware of this and much time and effort is devoted to it. 

The ORR guide refers to the need for directors and senior managers responsible for the overall policy of the company to be aware of the general objectives and benefits that may result from the use of the guidance. However, implementation is more likely to be successful if directors and senior managers are more than just aware , but demonstrate commitment to the process. 

It is often the case in larger organisations that the employer may himself be remote from the workplace. For many public service organisations, e.g. NHS trusts, police authorities and social services, the employer is a board of elected representatives of the public. In these circumstances it can be seen that it is even more critical for the employers to set clear policies in order that the directors and senior managers of the organisation can fulfil their roles to assist in discharging the legal duties of their employers. 

Directors and senior managers often carry out the function of the top-ievei executive, in order to achieve this, directors and senior managers wiii need to estabiish the poiicy and put in piace and monitor the detaiied organisation and arrangements section of the safety poiicy. 

As the top ievei of management, directors and senior managers are responsibie for putting in piace arrangements to support a positive safety cuiture inciuding ... 

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