Management Commitment for Health and Safety in Organizations

This presentation discusses the significance of management commitment in enforcing health and safety policies in organizations. It covers theories of management commitment, leaders and employee participation, duties of leaders and employees, OHS policy, examples of health policies, goals and objectives of health and safety, and steps to improve workers' health and safety. The presentation also includes references for further reading.

MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT
 Management commitment enforces policies in organization
 It is the topmost leadership and supervises employees (Maleki,
2015).
 It stresses policies are to be strongly followed.
 Poor leadership in an organization increases workers accidents,
sick leaves and stress related conditions at work place.
 Commitment emphasizes on health and safety policy guidelines.
 It also ensures the workforce follow company goals

Management commitment cont.
 Follow and promote fundamental health and safety policy guidelines.
 This commitment also ensures all the workforce rally behind these
goals hence promoting it in the long run at the organization

Theories of management commitment
Trait theory: Lewin's and behavioural theories.
 Lewin’s approach; these are autocratic, leisez-
faire and democratic.
 Behaviour theory; Some leaders are more
dedicated on task while others are oriented to
behaviour (Mahmoud S, 2014).

Leaders and employee participation
 Managers and directors of organisation should ensure their employees
environment is stress free and nothing that can harm the employees’
health is present at the work place e.g. accidents.

Duties of leaders and employees. Making a concrete and stable health organisation system Encouraging and making their employees adhere to the Health and system policy Making sure that all those health system policy are monitored and followed on
latter. Management should be at the upper hand of setting a record to junior employees
on how to follow those policies. Communicated as a strategy of enhancement. Make those policies everyone’s responsibility to follow.
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OHS Policy
 Health policy to achieve certain health objectives. (Arab Omidvari,
2014)
 Organisation policies ensure that there are rules or regulations that
actually guide people, protect and improve workers health.

Examples of organisations health policies are: No smoking in the compound for substances Policies that restricts foods Some organizations ensure regular exercise Taking health insurances and medical covers Some policies are not directly related to health but may affect the health
being of a person are also taken care of

Goals and objectives of health and safety To ensure that employees and management follow strictly the policies
and standards of health to avoid hazards. Give necessary assistance and sensitization of health and safety
information to various groups To provide workers with relevant information about working in a safe
healthy environment while doing their work.

Improvement of workers health and safety
 There are several steps of improving workers health and safety. (Shirai,
2013)
1. Safety should be a priority in the organisation
2. Follow accidents where and as they happen
3. Educate employees on daily routine
4. Supervise your organisation workplace.
5. Boost your workplace safety

References
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.
Arab Omidvari, A. N. (2014). Investigating the effect of Biorhythm on work related
Accidents. Health and Safety at work, 51-58.
Mahmoud S, I. F. (2014). Evaluation of relationship between the rate of unsafe
behaviors and personality trait case study. Health and safety at work, 51-58.
Shirai, G. (2013). Human errors identification using human factors analysing and
classification systems. Health and Safety At Work, 45-54.