Senior executives

Tables 27-1 to 27-3 have concentrated on the personnel makeup of control agencies. For a broader look at places of employment. Table 27-4 shows where 8037 members of the Air Pollution Control Association (APCA) of the United States and Canada worked in 1982. (This list includes foreign as well as domestic members of APCA but does not include the membership of the air pollution control associations of other countries.) This table shows that only 10.7% of the members work in control agencies. This table gives a somewhat distorted picture because in many air pollution organizations only the senior executive, professional, and scientific personnel belong to APCA, whereas the total North American workforce in air pollution includes several times the 8037 membership total who are in junior, technical, service, or manual sectors and are not association members. These numbers could be still greater if those engaged in this work outside North America were included. The Air Pollution Control Association changed its name to the Air and Waste Management Association in 1988. The Air and Waste Management Association had a membership of over 14,000 in 1993, but only a portion of the members were active in the air pollution profession.

The factors that favour successful industrial innovation have been memorably analysed by a team at the Science Policy Research Unit at Sussex University, in England (Rothwell et al. 1974). In this project (named SAPPHO) 43 pairs of attempted similar innovations one successful in each pair, one a commercial failure - were critically compared, in order to derive valid generalisations. One conclusion was The responsible individuals (i.e., technical innovator, business innovator, chief executive, and - especially - product champion) in the successful attempts are usually more senior and have greater authority than their counterparts who fail . 

On resources The manpower, material, facilities, and plant needed to execute a particular contract shall be established, documented, and agreed with senior management prior to submission of any tender, bid, or offer. The estimate shall include the resources to manage and carry out the work required and in addition the resources required to verify that work has been completed in accordance with the contractual requirements. ... 

Frame PSM in terms of their interests. People pay more attention to information that is relevant to them, than to items of general or academic interest. For example, "PSM provides a cost-effective means of improving our company s safety performance" addresses two senior executive concerns corporate earnings and exposure to liability. The discussion is framed in terms of the listener s interest it also focuses on results. 

Senior management may appear to have a short attention span. It is important to stress that PSM implementation is a long-term process, and therefore the commitment requested involves long-term participation. In other words, a simple "yes, go do it" is unlikely to be sufficient it is up to you to clarify your expectations for senior executives involvement over time. 

As with previous presentations to senior executives, consider involving the entire PSM team. This tangibly recognizes their contribution while reinforcing the team-oriented nature of the effort. 

Quality Management systems have demonstrated their effectiveness in providing efficient, flexible management processes. However, in many instances they have failed to deliver their promises in full and in some cases have failed completely. These failures have been ascribed to cultural obstacles that were not identified during the design process. In a recent survey of 350 senior executives Arthur D. Little, Inc. found that 68 percent of the companies reported unanticipated problems with their change process. 

There are a variety of methods to avoid this, and the more senior the management stmcture that takes an interest in energy matters, the greater the success. Ideally, this should start with the chairman, managing director or chief executive. Once they believe in it, then their staff will follow suit. 

He will be responsible to the chief executive and will achieve the objectives laid down by senior management. 

The work of the Investors Environmental Health Network is targeted toward investors and senior executives and focuses on corporate management of product detoxification. From an article published in the journal. Corporate Environmental Strategy International Journal for Sustainable Business, Richard Liroff wrote ... 

Liroff R. (2005). Benchmarking Corporate Management of Safer Chemicals in Consumer Products - A Tool for Investors and Senior Executives. Corporate Environmental Strategy International Journal for Sustainable Business. [Online - accessed 24 April 2007] Available from URL http //www.iehn.org/files/CES%20Benchmarking%20artide.pdf. 

Warren R.Muir, Executive Director Jacqueline K.Prince, Financial Officer Barbara B.Smith, Administrative Associate Laura T.Holliday, Senior Program Assistant... 

A business improvement effort may be triggered by the installation or upgrade of a software system, a perceived quality problem in business performance, or the hiring of a new senior executive. Although the explicit request may be simply to work on a software project, the analyst s scope often expands to include business improvement. This is part of what the system context diagram (see Pattern 15.5, Make a Context Model with Use Cases) is about—the computer system as one element in the design of a business process. 

Dr Eberhard Jochem is Professor Emeritus for Economics and Energy Economics at the Centre of Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE) at ETH Zurich, which he founded in 1999. He has been senior executive at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI), Karlsruhe, Germany, since 2000. He is an internationally acknowledged expert in technical, socioeconomic and policy research, mainly in the field of energy efficiency and climate change. 

William Randall Seeker received his Ph.D. in engineering (nuclear and chemical) from Kansas State University. He is the senior vice president and a member of the board of directors of Energy and Environmental Research Corporation. Dr. Seeker has extensive experience in the use of thermal treatment technologies and environmental control systems for managing hazardous waste. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Environmental Protection Agency s Science Advisory Board. Dr. Seeker has authored over 100 technical papers on various aspects of technology and environment subjects. 

To meet twice yearly in a small group consisting of the senior staff executive and scientific officers of each pharmacopeia,... 

Corporate Leadership—Senior executives define the basis for the development of fire protection philosophies. Their commitment and recognition of the value of fire protection is vital to integration into an RMS and implementation of fire protection strategies. 

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