OHS Policy Development and Change Management Strategy Project

This project addresses workplace violence by developing an Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) policy and a change management strategy. It begins with a needs analysis, highlighting the impact of workplace violence on employees and organizational reputation. The project outlines the objectives of a training program designed to raise awareness among employees about workplace violence, relevant regulations, and preventive strategies. The design and implementation of the training program are detailed, including the target audience, duration, supervision, and resources required. Measures of success, costs, and ROI are also considered, emphasizing the potential for reduced violence and a safer workplace environment. The project also includes email communications to senior and line managers, seeking their support and approval for the proposed initiative. References to relevant research and regulations, such as WorkSafeBC guidelines, are provided to support the project's recommendations. Desklib provides access to this and similar assignments.

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Change management strategy
Needs analysis
A number of evidence-based practices have shown the impact of health and safety
interventions to mitigate workplace violence and improve health and wellbeing of the
employees. Workplace violence that ranges from verbal threat or abuse to physical assault
can be one of the leading causes of fatal occupational injuries which not only affect the
employees but the reputation as well as productivity of the organization (Herrera-Sánchez,
León-Pérez & León-Rubio, 2017). In most of the violent actions, the employees are not
aware of the policies regarding workplace safety and actions against such crimes (Hanson,
Perrin, Moss, Laharnar & Glass, 2015). Hence, the risk of assaults or violence can be
prevented or minimized if the employees are well informed about the organizational policies
regarding violence (Phillips, 2016). Therefore, it should be an utmost priority to spread the
awareness among all the employees regarding the necessity of maintaining workplace safety
(Martinez, 2016). In this context, a training program can be helpful for the employees to gain
more knowledge about workplace violence, and policies against it.
Objectives
The objective of the training program will be introducing the topic workplace violence to all
the participant employees and to make them aware of the rules and regulations against the
culprit or the attackers. The training program will also be focused to inform the employees
about the ways of maintaining safety at the workplace, preventing all the harms and the
affects of violence on the impact of the organization will also be clearly demonstrated
utilizing several tools.

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Design
The first and foremost task will be to identify different workplace violence events and then
the affects of the violence occurrence on the employees as well as on the organization will be
shown to the trainees. At the middle stage of the program, the rules and regulations against
the violation will be described along with legal evidences. Finally, all the employees will be
informed about the preventive strategies of violence at the workplace.
Implementation
In order to implement the training program, the newly recruited employees will be considered
as the participants initially. The training will go on for two semesters under the supervision of
senior mentors, expert in legal knowledge regarding workplace violence. Computers with
projectors will be used for the demonstration purpose. Leaflet will be distributed to all the
participants and a final evaluation program will be organized to ensure all the participants
obtained right information and knowledge from the training.
Measures of success
The potential for workplace violence can be identified at the initial stage. Also, workplace
violence will be reduced and anxiety of the employees can be mitigated. A safer workplace
environment will be the outcome.
Costs and ROI
The total cost of comprehensive training program is estimated to be $30,000. However, from
the reports, it has been analyzed that a single violence can cause more loss that the
investment and hence, the ROI is significantly distinctive as well as positive.
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Email to the Senior Manager
To
The Senior Manager
Dear Sir/Madam,
With due respect, this is to inform you that we are about to take a change initiative for the
improvement of the organizational safety. You must be aware of the workplace violence
which is one of the greatest concerns of all the organizations that hampers the safety of the
employees as well as the reputation of the organization. Even, various studies indicate the
importance of safety interventions to mitigate the effects of violence. We will introduce a
training program to all the newly recruited employees to increase their awareness regarding
workplace violence and its effects. The estimated cost is $30,000 which is much higher than
the loss due to any violence occurrence. Hence, the ROI is satisfying and the workplace will
be safer. However, it will cause legal issues if informed consent is not obtained.
We shall be highly obliged if you support us with your kind approval.
Thank you.
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Email to the Line Manager
To
The Line Manager
Dear Sir/Madam,

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We are pleased to inform you that our team is looking forward for a change initiative to
reduce workplace violence and establish safety of the employees. A training program will be
organized to increase knowledge regarding workplace violence among the newly recruited
employees. The training will go on for a year and the estimated cost is $30,000. The time
required to implement the whole set up is around three months from the day of approval. The
policies include several outcomes that all the employees will be aware of the rules and
regulations about workplace violence and contribute to create a safer environment at the
workplace. However, your constant support in the implementation is necessary to make the
program successful.
Now, we will be grateful, if you kindly cooperate with us and support us throughout
the program to achieve our goal with an effective outcome.
Thank you.

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References
Hanson, G. C., Perrin, N. A., Moss, H., Laharnar, N., & Glass, N. (2015). Workplace
violence against homecare workers and its relationship with workers health outcomes:
a cross-sectional study. BMC public health, 15(1), 11. Retrieved from
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-014-1340-7
Herrera-Sánchez, I. M., León-Pérez, J. M., & León-Rubio, J. M. (2017). Steps to Ensure a
Successful Implementation of Occupational Health and Safety Interventions at an
Organizational Level. Frontiers in psychology, 8, 2135. Retrieved from
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02135/full
Martinez, A. J. S. (2016). Managing workplace violence with evidence-based interventions: a
literature review. Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services, 54(9),
31-36. Retrieved from https://www.healio.com/psychiatry/journals/jpn/2016-9-54-
9/%7B360de2f0-a0e0-4824-b44f-437b19b8966c%7D/managing-workplace-violence-
with-evidence-based-interventions-a-literature-review
Phillips, J. P. (2016). Workplace violence against health care workers in the United
States. New England journal of medicine, 374(17), 1661-1669. Retrieved from
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/James_Phillips24/publication/
301686568_Workplace_Violence_against_Health_Care_Workers_in_the_United_Stat
es/links/59e73509a6fdcc0e882d80db/Workplace-Violence-against-Health-Care-
Workers-in-the-United-States.pdf