Management Assignment: Ergonomics Policy and Communication Strategies

This assignment focuses on addressing ergonomics issues within Environmental Initiatives. The student was tasked with analyzing the current state of workplace ergonomics, which was found to be causing musculoskeletal disorders among employees. The assignment includes a prewriting sheet outlining the key points and strategies. A report was created highlighting the need for a new ergonomics policy, emphasizing the importance of modern chairs and equipment. The report also includes an email to district office managers, providing best practices for employees and guidelines for store managers to ensure the implementation of the ergonomic initiatives. The email details the need for cooperation and the establishment of an ergonomics chart to address employee concerns. The assignment demonstrates an understanding of workplace health, safety, and effective communication strategies within a management context.

Running head: MANAGEMENT
Professional reading and Writing
Name of the student
Name of the university
Author Note:

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Table of Contents
Prewriting sheet...............................................................................................................................3
Opening........................................................................................................................................3
Body.............................................................................................................................................3
Closing.........................................................................................................................................4
E-Mail..............................................................................................................................................5
Bibliography....................................................................................................................................6

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Prewriting sheet
Opening
The main purpose of the following report is to provide a message to the different officers
of the company in order to strictly follow the new set of ergonomics policies in the workplace.
The report has highlighted on the shocking condition of the ergonomics in the workplace
of Environmental Initiatives. The shocking condition of the workplace has been came into notice
after a serious round of inspection last month. Reports from the observations showed that more
than half of the workers claimed compensation as a result of musculoskeletal disorders. The
different problems currently existing in the organization has been presented here and the director
wants to end this menace through the creation of a strong ergonomics policy.
Body
Apart from the report created last month, the observation and the meeting with the health
and safety committee of Environmental Initiatives. The reports has shown that there has been a
serious problem in the different chairs of the company which has been the major reason behind
the problem in the spines. The director has pushed for the creation of a strong and well
established policy for ergonomics that can ensure the success of the organization and ensure the
health and safety of the workers. The compensation process is certainly bent to the disorders in
skeletal. This shocking figures is a problem for the organization and thus they needs to address
this issues in a proper and efficient manner. The ergonomics strategy has been presented in this
study which is certainly the most important consideration for maintaining the WHS policies.

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Closing
A number of different kinds of policies and strategies has been undertaken by the
management of the company in order to ensure the safety of the workers and ensure a better
amount of positive productivity. At the very beginning, the company will focus on the ordering
of modern chairs that can help to maintain a scientific posture for the workers. The company will
also provide the different kinds of the other accessories and equipment to support the ergonomics
structure of the organization. The new equipment needs to be adjusted according to a scientific
and systematic posture that can help to address the issues of the organization.

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E-Mail
To: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]
Cc: [e-mail], [e-mail]
From: [e-mail]
Sir,
I hereby request you to kindly pay attention to the fact that as per the latest guidelines issued
from the upper management, the company has decided to increase the ergonomics of the office.
The current condition of the office at present is deemed unfit for all the workers and thus a total
revamp of the ergonomics is on offing. The work will be starting from the 6th of October, 2019
and is supposed to end within 2 and a half weeks. Therefore it is requested to you to kindly
cooperate with the procedures and prepare a separate ergonomics chart that can address the
issues being faced by the workers recently.
I will be obliged if you kindly acknowledge the mail and do
the necessary within time.
Thanking You,
Michael Johnson

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Bibliography
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Pereira, M., Comans, T., Sjøgaard, G., Straker, L., Melloh, M., Chen, X., & Johnston, V. (2019).
The impact of workplace ergonomics and neck-specific exercise versus ergonomics and
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