The role of management

Managers have a direct bearing on health and safety since they have control and can give instructions. Managers are also the focal point of a lot of employee attention and the manner of their behaviour (their example) and their seen concern for health and safety matters is an important factor in 

In health and safety matters, the role of the employer and manager is to lead and control. How is dealt with in the following sections. 

Note that health and safety responsiblities of the employer cannot be delegated, it is only xhe. performance or carrying out of those responsibilities that can be delegated. 

Broadly interpreted this means that protective measures should be considered before any accident happens, and that if the cost of those protective measures is excessive for the benefits derived, the provision of the measures is not reasonably practicable. However, if this argument is used as a reason for not providing protective measures it may be necessary to justify it in court should an accident occur or should an inspector query it. 

Make arrangements to ensure the health and safety of employees. Provide plant and equipment that is safe. 

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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-... 

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. 

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. 

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. 

Asemi, A., Safari, A., Asemi Zavareh, A., 2011. The Role of Management Information System (MIS) and Decision Support System (DSS) for Manager s Decision Making Process. International Journal of Business and Management 6(7) 164—173. 

The role of management in support of behavioral safety changes over time. The first step for management is to decide to implement behavioral safety and commit the resources to support the planning and implementation. A common mistake at this stage is underestimating the resource requirements. Management needs to... 

The role of management is to define a safe work method prior to the commencement of work, and to arrange for provision of suitable access equipment and trained personnel as required by the safe system devised. 

Define and document the role of managers and supervisors for implementing driver fitness policies and for monitoring compliance with them. This should include regular evaluation of the carrier s driver-wellness program. 

The Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP), established in 1992, is a tool used by aid organizations to raise funds for humanitarian relief as well as to plan, implement, monitor, and coordinate their activities. CAP is a blueprint for action it includes Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP), a resource mobflizatimi plan, program implementation and coordination, joint monitoring and evaluation (field visits, data collection), and reports on results. OCHA has the role of managing... 

The British miner s comments reflect his ideological and economic position as a strong advocate for labor. But his comments provide a more nuanced view of these videos than we might expect. This miner raises questions about human factors (the role of management and the kinds of planning decisions that preceded the accident) equipment failures (the unexpected and awkward technical problems caused by the angle of the boom) and general conditions in the mine. 

The role of management to do well what it has been decided to do, and to have a clear knowledge of what it has been decided not to do... 

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