Utiliscan Case Analysis

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|Explain how to create a safe and suitable environment for practitioners and clients | |Every organisation should have specific safety policies and plans tailored to their business and work environment, depending on| |what type of safety issues are relevant. By training all employees thoroughly in the safety policies, the organisation can | |ensure that an environment or situation is safe for all. Additionally, seeking the involvement of staff in drawing up plans or | |adding to them is an excellent way to obtain “buy in” and maintain compliance. | |When practitioners meet

Bernardin, H. & Russell, J. (2013). Human Resource Management: An Experiential Approach. (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill Irwin.

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Currie, D (2010). Introduction to Human Resource Management. 2nd ed. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel Development. 293

As you may have recently heard, lately we received news from the corporate headquarters that it would be in the best interest of the entire company to pay more attention to matters of preventing accidents and any other safety-related measures that affect the workplace, including both office and field activities related to all types of jobs that we complete. Every single employee in each office at every branch needs to be mindful in this regard so that he/she is most efficient and effective in the daily performance of his/her everyday tasks that relate to their job responsibilities so that safety is

Bernardin, H. J., & Russell, J. E. (2013). Human resource management an experiential approach (6th ed.). Retrieved from https://www.betheluniversityonline.net/cps/default.aspx?SectionID=5256&tabid=156#1

Over the years safety has been taken more and more seriously and the safety culture throughout many organizations in general has been greatly improved upon. This has been mainly due to mishaps and incidents in the past that have led to fatalities. Following these incidents have been regulations and measures to ensure that the same thing is less likely to occur or possibly even impossible to occur again. Since so many regulations are now in place incidents are few and far between, which is a good

Dessler, Gary, Nina D. Cole, and Carolin Rekar Munro. Management of human resources . 3rd Canadian ed. Toronto: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2010. Print.

Safety culture is defined as consisting “of shared beliefs, practices and attitudes, that exist at an establishment. Culture is the atmosphere created by those beliefs, attitudes, etc.” (Middlesworth, M., February 19). In recent years, safety culture has become an aspect which most, if not all, companies and organizations require in order to succeed. What is difficult is how to measure or assess the safety culture currently present in that organization. What one can do to assess whether or not a company promotes a positive safety culture is to look at 6 critical components: organizational commitment, managerial involvement, employee empowerment, accountability system, communication and a reporting system. A successful company with a positive safety culture will consist of the majority of the aforementioned components. Without these elements, a company’s safety culture will appear non-existent and even if a safety management system is utilized, it may not be enough to promote the proper safety culture. By identifying specific characteristics of each component we will be able to recognize how to build a positive safety culture and how to implement an effective SMS.

Bloisi, W 2007, An Introduction to Human Resource Management, McGraw-Hill Education, New York, pp. 140-163

As indicated by Khdair et al (2011), Safety requires a huge measure of effort to be employed within a workplace because it’s a difficult and problematic phenomenon. Therefore, it is very challenging to achieve safety performance crosswise the industry. It is a delicate and difficult approach to deal with the performance of safety because there is a risk of life of people working at the place

It is important to examine and understand how these companies operate and what their goals are before it is possible to implement an effective safety management system that can provide increased revenue and allow for constant progression towards a more generative safety culture that surrounds the organization. By using different techniques that have been developed through years of research, it is possible to transition away from a pathological culture which ultimately will improve the safety management system in place. Once the safety culture is assessed it will be possible to identify where a safety management system is lacking and to which of the four sections of the system must be improved. The four components of a safety management system are composed of; safety policy, safety risk management, safety assurance and safety promotion. By improving the four components in the safety management system, the overall safety culture will see a benefit. After an organization has developed their own specific safety management system, they will be able to evaluate and grow the safety culture within the organization.

Belcourt, Monica, Singh Parbudyal, Bohlander George, Swell Scott. Managing Human Resources. Toronto, Ontario: Nelson Education, 2014.

3. Dessler, Griffiths and Lloyd-Walker (2004), Human Resource Management, 2nd ed, Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : Prentice Hall Australia