Improving Workplace Safety: HRM Recommendations for Peter Smallgoods

This report provides recommendations on organizational safety culture, focusing on the legal responsibilities of employers to ensure a safe workplace, specifically analyzing the case of Peter Smallgoods. The report suggests crucial recommendations such as implementing training sessions to educate employees on safety culture, fostering positive employee mentality, and hiring skilled candidates to promote growth. Further recommendations include establishing a safety department, developing clear safety rules, rewarding employees who follow safety protocols, and keeping records of work-related accidents. The conclusion emphasizes the significant role of organizational safety culture in enhancing productivity and suggests practical HRM practices to improve safety within the organization.

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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................2
Recommendations.......................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................5
References...................................................................................................................................................6
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Introduction
The purpose of this paper is to provide recommendations on organizational safety culture and the
legal responsibilities of employers to ensure a safe workplace. Furthermore, this paper will also
focus on how Peter Smallgoods can ensure better organizational safety culture following HRM
practices.
Recommendations
There are few of the crucial recommendations which need to be analyzed effectively, they are as
follows:
 It is highly recommended that the managers of Parker Smallgoods should arrange a
training session to train their employees about the importance of maintaining safety
culture within the organization. Training will increase the knowledge of the employees
thus increasing their involvement in the process (Biddison et al., 2016). Moreover, the
Developing of a better safety culture within the organization will generate positive
change in safety attitude of the employees. Employees will recognize the importance of
workplace safety and the general well-being of their colleagues. They will allow to
engage with safety rules and regulations within the workplace without the need of any
surveillance. Proper training will help them in managing risks and hazards before anyone
gets hurt. Furthermore, it will help to make them responsible to maintain safety protocols
within the workplace to increase the safety of the workplace (Guldenmund, 2015). It is
important to enhance the Positive mentality of the employees as it will increase their
dedication towards the work by following safety practices. Changing the behavior of the
employees will ultimately increase the profitability and productivity of the organization.
 The hiring of the potentially skilled candidates within the firm will promote the growth of
the firm. On the other hand, there should be encouragement and motivation provided to
the employees from the HR department with the help of various rewarding programs as it
will improve the overall performance of the concerned employees. It is further
recommended to perform an assessment to understand the areas of improvement in
organizational safety regulations to increase the commitment of employees (Howard,
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2017). Rewarding of the employees regarding following the safety policies will
encourage other employees to enhance their respective safety practices in order to receive
incentives and rewards and finally it will help in boosting the growth of the firm (Pescud
et al., 2015). A Safety department can be established and skilled employees should be
recruited to monitor the performance of the employees and observe their behavior.
 The senior managers along with the management team should develop rules and
regulations within the workplace to ensure health and safety for their workers within the
organization. The managers of firms are responsible for creating awareness among their
employees to prevent any occupational hazards. There should be involvement of the
employees in organization safety activities and these employees can exercise their rights
under the safety rules
 Employees who are following the safety protocols of the organization should be
rewarded, so other employees can be encouraged to do the same. These employees
should also be encouraged to speak against any unsafe practices in the organization.
Moreover, it is suggested that the managers should keep a record of work-related
accidents and take appropriate measures to eliminate this problem. Safety culture should
be established within the firm to prevent any mishaps within the organization as well as
to save organizational costs. Development and Maintenance of safety culture allow
management to effectively and effectively run the business operations of their firms
(Antonsen, 2017). On the other hand, the dedicated senior management team should
collaborate for establishing better safety culture within an organization and prevent any
occupational hazards within the organization. There should be Reduction in the number
of known hazards associated with an organization as to produce a significant change in
the behavior of their employees.
 Proper training must be provided to the employees to avoid any safety issues in the
workplace. The organizations have to run medical examinations to ensure health and
safety of their employees. Additionally, they have to keep a record of work-related
accidents and injuries. They must keep a strict surveillance on their safety measures and
take disciplinary actions against those who are not following the standard. There should
be effective training on organizational health and safety will make the employees aware
of the safety protocols of the organization. It will increase positivity among the
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employees of the organization thus producing better results. Effective communication
within the workplace will allow the employees to raise their voice against unsafe work
practices.
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Conclusion
This paper concludes that organizational safety culture plays a significant role in ensuring the
productivity of the organization. It can be further concluded that Parker Smallgoods can take
some measures to improve safety culture within their organization including the HRM practices.
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References
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Guldenmund, F., 2015. Organizational safety culture. The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the
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Howard, J., 2017. Nonstandard work arrangements and worker health and safety. American
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Pescud, M., Teal, R., Shilton, T., Slevin, T., Ledger, M., Waterworth, P. and Rosenberg, M.,
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