Division of responsibility

Typical division of responsibilities in a road transport operation are shown in Figure 15.1. Producers transporting their own products need to establish a system to ensure that all necessary information and instructions are provided for safe handling under all foreseeable conditions. This will require ... 

According to the incident report, there was no clear division of responsibilities between the Gas Board and the contractor who was carrying out the repairs. Where, as in this case, a special risk is likely to arise due to the nature of the work performed (and the owner of the premises has special knowledge of it), the owner must retain sufficient control of the operation to ensure that contractors e.mployees are properly protected against the risk [4],... 

Hybrid approaches are generally more difficult to manage as the relationships and division of responsibilities between the PSM project teams and other management varies from element to element. This can lead to confusion within both the PSM teams and among other managers, which can result in misunderstandings and wasted work. 

The FDA and the FTC have a long-standing agreement governing the division of responsibilities between the two agencies. With regard to dietary supplements, the FDA has the power to ... 

The proficiency test provider and reference laboratory may be the same organizational entity. If not, they must closely coordinate and document their quality assurance procedures and division of responsibilities. For a test round to be successful, each laboratory under test must receive a sample which is the same as every other sample from the lot, within the limits specified for the test. This means that careful attention must be given to material packaging, stability, and handling during distribution. 

Ideally, the division of responsibility would be based on what makes the most sense in terms of the optimum functioning of the public health system. In practice, there are overlaps and gaps in the division of responsibility. Even more troubling for someone trying to fathom public health policy, each state is free to adopt its own regulatory scheme, making it difficult to make simple statements about what the law allows or requires nurses—or other health professionals—to do in a public health crisis. In the discussion in the second portion of this chapter, the reader is cautioned to seek professional advice on the law in his or her own state. 

Study Director. The same holds also for the task of ensuring that test facility supplies meet specifications and requirements appropriate to their use in a study. This division of responsibilities , or rather the joint observance of responsibilities, has been pragmatically fixed in the OECD Advisory Document on in vitro Studies (OECD No. 14, 2004) where it is stated that, although management is ultimately responsible for ensuring the quality of supplies, it is the Study Director who is best able to judge the adherence of specialised supplies (e.g. test kits, etc.) to specifications and performance characteristics. 

Simply because parents have no power to make the child make different choices around substances, however, doesn t mean that by choosing to act differently themselves they can t influence choices the child might make. This is the division of responsibility that must be absolutely clear the child is accountable for his or her behavior, and parents are accountable for theirs. It is by changing their own behavior that parents can begin to help their child. Change how By being sure that they are part of the solution, and not part of the problem. 

The introduction of Unemployment Benefit II in 2005 was combined with the creation of joint bodies of BA and the municipalities - the ARGE consortia - that are now in charge of administrating ALG II and designing employment services for benefit recipients in all districts except for regions where the municipalities opted for taking over the complete responsibility and for the districts with continued division of responsibilities. 

The division of responsibilities between national and local governments is one reason for increased compensation by the federal government due to benefit overran for the ALG II scheme. The incongruence between spending and decision... 

The chemist tasked with procuring the standard compound asks about getting it made in-house. Depending on the division of responsibilities made within a particular pharmaceutical company, the preparation might be carried out by a kilo laboratory serving discovery researchers. A developmental chemical researcher might also prepare the compound. Finally, the discovery chemist responsible for the project may do so. 

The head of the quality function has the overall responsibility for the quality systems at the site or across the company. He or she is not the single responsible person to produce a quality product that responsibility belongs to the head of manufacturing. This distinction may not always be clearly understood. To delineate the division of responsibility more effectively, the head of quality is responsible for ensuring that the requirements are effectively communicated and understood by plant management and an effective compliance and quality system is developed and implemented to achieve those requirements. It is the responsibility of the head of manufacturing to ensure that the system is properly supported. 

Farmers Joining H A were initially certified by AAO but later obtained group certification from IBD. One of the reasons for the switch was so that H A could access larger domestic and export markets. However, the division of responsibility between farmers and H A is unclear due to the lack of traceability from product to farmer. Certification can be obtained for a cooperative or association, or by a commercial enterprise also using its own label but this is not without problem ... 

A E and GC are retained separately by the owner with clear divisions of responsibility. 

Exchange and cooperation between different government departments are not smooth, the division of responsibilities is not clear. 

Up to now, there is no a national regulatory agency of road transportation of dangerous chemicals in China, there are many relevant government departments, overlapping responsibilities and unclear division of responsibilities are serious issues. 

Eor all MS I activities, a good interface control system should be in place. There should be a clear understanding of the division of responsibilities between all organizational units participating in MS I activities (see also paras 5.23-5.26). In particular, the interface between the operating organization and contractors should be... 

The HSE inspectors have powers to investigate accidents to shore-based workers. Accidents to seamen or to ships would be investigated by MAIB. The lead responsibility would be allocated on a case-by-case basis on the same criteria as for the division of responsibilities between HSE and MCA. Where misuse of land-based equipment temporarily mounted on a vessel affected its safety, a joint investigation might be necessary. 

Work process management -Process descriptions are up to date -Division of responsibilities in inter-departmental tasks has been agreed upon... 

Minimized staffing refers to die reductkMi of ovoall maiqxiwer by the sharing of skilled personnel among similar facilities. It is achieved by (qitimizing the division of responsibilities and functions between local staff, central supptxt and die plant itself. 

Is your organization viewed as working together to create a safe working environment On the other hand, is there a division of responsibilities between management employees ... 

The obligations of a particular responsible person relate to matters within their control. It is therefore advisable that arrangements between responsible persons, where there may be more than one, such as contracts or tenancy agreements, should clarify the division of responsibilities to avoid unnecessary breaches of the Order, where one responsible person simply assumed the other would satisfy a particular requirement. 

Organizations engaged in activities mportant to safety shall establish policies that give scfety matters the highest priority, and shall ensure that these policies are implemented within a managerial structure having clear divisions of responsibility and clear lines of communication. 

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