Self-rating as a means of improving SHE management

The Safety-Element Method (SEM) is a rating system used internally in a company by a review team (Alteren, 1999). The method employs a matrix with six SHE management elements and five stages or levels of performance, Table 19.3. 

For each element, the review team defines at what stage the company is operating. The results are plotted in the matrix. The review team then decides about ambitions for improvements. 

A number of interesting questions arise when we compare rating systems based on third-party verification such as ISRS with the Safety Element Method. In each of the two cases, a different set of motivational factors at the management level applies  

It should be an interesting research topic to explore and analyse the differences in motivational factors between companies applying the two methods and how they affect the final results. 

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