Why measure performance

Measurement is an accepted part of the plan-do-check-act management process. Measuring performance is as 

These questions should be asked at all management levels throughout the organization. The aim of monitoring should be to provide a complete picture of an organization s health and safety performance. 

A coordinated approach is required so that individual measuring activities fit within the general performance measuremertt framework. 

Although the primary focus for performance measurement is to meet the internal needs of an organization, there is an increasing need to demonstrate to external stakeholders (regulators, insurance companies, shareholders, suppliers, sub-contractors, members of the public etc) that arrangements to control health and safety risks are in place, operating correctly and effectively. 

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