Role of management

Note that the following information will need to be modified to meet the needs of the eurrent organization. The size of the host organization and the roles of management within the organization are key items that need to be eonsidered. This information, as presented, is meant to elosely meet the needs of a mid-sized eompany. But no matter what size eompany will use this information, it will need modifieations. These modifieations will inelude forms and attaehments that have not been ineluded. We believe that eaeh host organization should develop its own proeedures, ineluding its own forms and attaehments to fit its needs, personnel, and business strueture. 

If you have one quality system, the roles of management representative and quality director become difficult to separate and can cause a conflict of interest unless the management representative is the CEO. In large organizations with multiple sites, each with separate ISO 9000 registrations, a more appropriate solution is to have a management representative for each site and one quality director for the whole organization. 

From a human reliability perspective, a number of interesting points arise from this example. A simple calculation shows that the frequency of a major release (3.2 x lO"" per year) is dominated by human errors. The major contribution to this frequency is the frequency of a spill during truck unloading (3 X10" per year). An examination of the fault tree for this event shows that this frequency is dominated by event B15 Insufficient volume in tank to imload truck, and B16 Failure of, or ignoring LIA-1. Of these events, B15 could be due to a prior human error, and B16 would be a combination of instrument failure and human error. (Note however, that we are not necessarily assigning the causes of the errors solely to the operator. The role of management influences on error will be discussed later.) Apart from the dominant sequence discussed above, human-caused failures are likely to occur throughout the fault tree. It is usually the case that human error dominates a risk assessment, if it is properly considered in the analysis. This is illustrated in Bellamy et al. (1986) with an example from the analysis of an offshore lifeboat system. 

What needs to be understood is that the role of managers changes in quality management systems. The day-to-day process is driven by the staff involved in the process, rather than the manger, and these staff are likely to be in every department in the company. The role of the manager is to monitor performance, be a catalyst for improve-... 

Aulakh MS, Wassmann R, Rennenberg H. 2001b. Methane emissions from rice fields-Quantification, mechanisms, role of management, and mitigation options. 

Taylor et al. [20] have paid considerable attention to the changing role of management, particularly with regard to the introduction of robotic systems. Management has the responsibihty to define the best areas for automation in terms of cost-effectiveness and probabihty of success. Without adequate resources, a project will fail. Laboratory managers must act as the interface between senior management and analysts to ensure that the appropriate incentives, resources and education are made available. 

To give further insight into the role of management systems and the distinction between multiple root causes and non-root causes, consider the following actual case histories. 

Bennis, whose conclusions on the attitudes of a leader are reported in Box 3.1, belongs to the school that sees a distinction between the roles of managers and leaders. As can be seen from his depiction of the distinction, presented in Box 3.2, virtually all of the leadership activities he lists could be covered in the course of managing a project. 

A less obvious interaction between regulatory compliance and innovation relates to the role of management in the innovation process and the increasing amount of management time devoted to workplace and environmental requirements with less time available for considering new discoveries and concepts. The innovation process requires a number of risk-laden decisions. Thus, careful management attention to the details of such decisions can often be critical to the successful development and commercial introduction of new approaches. 

If you are a pharmacy student, we hope that using this book will help you gain an appreciation for the roles of management in pharmacy practice, regardless of your future position or practice setting. This book will also provide you with a variety of management theories and tools that you can apply in your daily life as well. 

Gold M, Hurley R. 1997. The role of managed care products in managed care plans. Inquiry 34 29-37. 

The role of management or leadership in contributing to the overall health of the group corporation is well-documented. Perhaps in Japan, the key contribution of management has been its ability to create, adapt, and maintain those favorable characteristics that exist in their human resources. 

Sahney, V. (1993), Evolution of Hospital Industrial Engineering From Scientific Management to Total Quality Management, Journal of the Society for Health Systems, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 3-17. Sahney, V, and Warden, G. (1989), The Role of Management in Productivity and Performance Management, in Productivity and Performance Management in Health Care Institutions, AHA, pp. 29-44. 

It is possible to characterize Hafsiund as one of those new enterprises of the second industrial revolution that demanded a totally new level of managerial effort. The term managerial revolution, associated with Alfred Chandler s analysis of the USA, possibly emphasizes the new role of management a little too much for the European situation. 

The previous chapters in this book focus on what needs to be done during design and operations to control safety and enforce the safety constraints. This chapter describes the overarching role of management in this process. 

Moore, E.W., Warmke, J.M., and Gorban, L.R. The Indispensable Role of Management Science in Centralizing Freight Operations at Reynolds Metal Company. Interfaces, 21(1) 107-129, January 1991. 

The courses that I presented started off with the basic philosophy of safety management and the roles of management concerning anthority, responsibility, and accountability, and how they were the building blocks of a safety management system. An introduction to the system followed as well as an in-depth description of the 73 elements that comprised a comprehensive safety system. 

Levett, B.A., Brandt H. 2005. The role of management in developing and application of new technology. Proc. SPE/IADC Drilling Conference Amsterdam, The Netherlands.23—25 Feb. 2005. 

The role of management. One of the ISO 9000 quality system requirements (element 4.1) directs management to take a more visible role and demonstrate accountability and responsibility for the quality system. In addition, the quality procedures identify the importance of designating responsibility for the management of each quality element. 

Yule, S., Flin, R. and Murdy, A. 2007. The role of management and safety climate in preventing risk-taking at work. International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, 7(2), 137-51. 

Another critical role of managers in the patient safety culture is the role of designing effective teams. The complex contexts in which today s health care is provided require relationships that are capable of generating novel solutions. Effective teams have the following characteristics (Zimmerman and Hayday, 1999) ... 

Rarely, however, is either an unsafe act or an unsafe condition the single cause of an accident. Most cases have elements of both. This section considers the role of individuals. Part V addresses the role of management and organizations. 

OP 3 Managing safety a review of the role of management in occupational health and safety (1981)... 

Organizational structure. The dynamic and constantly evolving set of formal and ad hoc groups, roles, and responsibilities such as NASA s System Safety Office, the Safety and Mission Assurance offices at the NASA centers, formal accident investigation groups, and safety responsibilities within the roles of managers, engineers, and union leaders. 

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