Safety on the Job
Total Quality Management Bringing Forth a Change in Organizations
Moving to Total Quality Management is similar to any other organizational change. It must be managed effectively, and leaders of the change must consider aspects of the organization’s current “culture”. In fact, although Total Quality Management benefits those in the organization, you can expect a number of employees to be cynical and resistant to change. Let’s face it. Everyone in government has seen management fads come and go. Thankfully, a well managed Total quality management organizational change is likely to convert most if not all people on side over time.
Organizational Change Principles include:
1. Time
2. Resistance
3. Leadership
4. Persistence
5. Consistency
6. Incentive
7. Communication
Environmental Management: Benefiting Companies
There are a lot of ways that an ISO 14000 Environmental Management System can improve the operations of a company, thus reducing costs. An environmental management System can identify instances of redundancy in daily efforts for regulatory compliance. These can be eliminated, thus making the organization more efficient. ISO 14000 requires a common terminology which improves the communication of goals, procedures, environmental impacts, and solutions. Improved communications brings about greater efficiency in decision making. For example, the severity of an environmental impact can increase with time, so an efficient notification system can reduce the time it takes to respond, and thus the impact, risk and liability to the organization.
Safety on the Job
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration works to make the workplace a safe and healthy place to operate in. They provide literature and education to employers to help them make sure their workplace is safe and healthy. OSHA works to lower the number of job related injuries, illnesses and deaths. For keeping employees safe on the job the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is responsible in the United States or OSHA.
An employee usually learns about OSHA when they first are employed. Employers issue OSHA training to employees to ensure they understand what they must do in order to stay safe on the job. Such training is usually in the form of training videos and manuals. Such things that are talked about are working with chemicals or other dangerous products, safety gear and ways to safely do the job required.
The occupational health and safety Administration has been quite successful with making workplaces better for employees. Many of the problems that were present before OSHA was established are no longer problematic. This is proof that OSHA has been quite beneficial to employers and employees across the country.
OSHA has inspectors who enforce their standards. These inspectors go to job sites to ensure safety and health standards are being met and if violations are found they work with the employer to ensure the standards are met.
This agency was created in 1971 and has succeeded in greatly reducing the number of deaths and injuries at workplaces. They also implement standards by which companies must abide in order to protect the well being of workers.
