Senior management teams

One member of the twelve-member Senior Management Team, Kurt Kuehn - Senior Vice-President of Sales and Marketing - stated that, Most senior managers like me began at UPS when part-timers in college as package sorters or assistants. We loved it and we stayed. ... 

Three elements deal with alignment. Leadership addresses how well all leaders, not just the CEO or members of the senior management team, approach their responsibility to inspire and shape the actions of others, set the appropriate tone for execution, and ensure that the company pays sufficient attention to development and renewal. Direction is management s articulation of where the company is heading and how it will get there. Environment and values help foster a shared understanding of the company s core values and shape the quality of employee interactions. 

The points of agreement of Chemical Process Safety Committee meetings should be captured in meeting minutes. In some organizations a senior management team reviews the minutes and approves the conclusions. Once the minutes are accepted, the commitments made by various participants should be recorded and the progress of each recommendation should be periodically reviewed until such items are accomplished. 

Steering committee prepares Final audit Report and presents to senior management team and Board of Directors. 

The Final Audit Report includes the team s detailed cost-benefit analyses of the three to five most value-added recommendations. The steering committee then presents the audit results to the entire senior management team and the Board of Directors. 

Identified potential strategic opportunities for expansion for an international cosmetics firm. Researched strategic investment partners and introduced them to the firm s senior management team. 

The authors wish to thank the senior management team and the vice president of the anonymous company for providing them with valuable data and assistance in the case study reported in this paper. 

At the start of the effort, senior leaders had to decide whether diversity was on the short list of corporate priorities going forward. The human resources group developed an updated business case for diversity and shared it with the senior management team. Based on much discussion and debate, the senior management team decided it was definitely on the short list of priorities, and they helped to shape the initial strategic framework for action. 

Effenus Henderson, as chief diversity officer for Weyerhaeuser Gompany (based in Federal Way, Washington), advises the GEO and senior management team on diversity, inclusion, and... 

A member of the senior management team usually coordinates the whole risk management programme across the curriculum, ensuring that the various assessments are performed, recorded, any required action is carried out appropriately, communicated effectively and reviewed at least annually. Managing risk, by assessment and control measures, is a part of a teacher s daily routine. It is good practice to involve pupils, of all ages, in... 

Accordingly, Process Assurance should have a level of independence from the development process and is typically performed by the QA Department, who provide the Senior Management Team (SMT) with objective feedback regarding compliance to approved plans, procedures, standards, and analyses. 

Support from Dr. Roger Saillant (CEO) and his senior management team at Plug Power is grateful acknowledged. 

If a non-catalogue (non-standard) preparation is requested, the requesting pharmacist must complete a form (see Fig. 2.1) to acknowledge that other options have been considered, along with the possible risks associated with the preparation. High risk products can still be authorised if the benefits outweigh the potential risks however the authorisation must come from one of the senior management team in the department. 

By mid 2004 the Senior Management team had been revamped and a company wide restructuring plan had been put in place. Part of this plan was the recruitment of an external equity partner which resulted in the restructuring of the Board and the possibility of a public listing of the company in 2008. 

The Senior Management team had stabilized with the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer and was working more coherently. A three year business plan to rebuild profitability and shareholder value had been developed and was in the process of being implemented. While the focus of the business plan was company-wide performance improvement, the greatest impact was evident in the Supply Chain and Operations Area. 

There has been a fair sort of transition in leadership with the Senior Management team very heavily focused on the team concept and the delegation of authority. I ve found that my leadership style had to change fairly significantly. (Middle Manager)... 

Senior managers oversee multiple activities within an organization, including safety activities. The senior management team should be responsible for allocating the time and resources necessary to ensure that safety is part of the culture of an organization. 

This two-hour presentation will give the senior management team an understanding of how the 7 Safety Habits program works to reduce injuries on and off the Job. 

Report to individual senior managers or an organisation s senior management team on matters concerning safety at work... 

The enforcement agencies also consider that regular reviews of assessments are undertaken as a matter of course such reviews are likely to be included in an overall annual review into the effectiveness of the safety management system, which should be reported to the board or senior management team or an organisation. 

As safety culture is a matter concerning the entire organization, an assessment using the five characteristics should start with a review of the organization s safety culture. Here, the commitment and continuous support of the senior management team is of paramount importance. Following this review, and as necessary, a focused analysis of attributes can concentrate on the maintenance area. 

The senior management team is trying to develop a school-based curriculum-led response to the difficulties faced by many students, but the team acknowledges... 

The school claims that the Key Stage 2 results in the local feeder primary schools consistently overestimate the attainment levels of students on entry to the school, hi die words of the SENCO, T don t care what KS2 results say, some kids are functionally ilhterate . Progress at KS3 would appear to be poor, but in the words of one member of the senior management team ... 

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