...The Occupational Safety and Health Act provides specific regulations for employers to ensure employees Safety and health, a survey of 117 employees evaluated employee perceptions of workplace safety. Analyses found that employers are not fully committed to providing sufficient safety cultures for their employees. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from the U.S. Department of Labor in 2008 A total of 1.6 million injuries and illnesses in private industry required healing away from work; and that employee absenteeism cause a reduction in man-hours which leads to less profit that affect the financial health of the company, and can be readily avoided by having a culture of safety. The business ethics of any organization will be a reflection of all actions by people within that organization although the attitudes and perceptions of employees’ about the ethical behavior of an organization are dependent on the decisions made and actions taken by the organization’s management (O’Toole, 2002). Studies have found that ethical businesses will normally have a social conscience and it would be concerned with the health, safety, and well-being of its employees. (Warren and Tweedale, 2002). Also the organizational culture has a major influence on decisions made by both managers and employees (Dettman, 2007). Safety culture is an organization’s norms, beliefs, roles, attitudes, and practices concerned with minimizing employees exposure to workplace hazards. Studies have found that...
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...Running head: QUALITY AND SAFETY IN HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT 1 Quality and Safety in Health Care Management Murimi Stephen muriets@gmail.com JKUAT December 2014 QUALITY AND SAFETY IN HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT 1. Introduction 2 Although health care facilities are designed to ensure people are safe, they remain a dangerous place to be (Mitchell, Gardner, & McGregor, 2012). The sources of risks in the hospital include medical errors, falls, and health care associated infections (HAIs). The World Health Assembly (WHA) held on 18th May 2012 passed a resolution that addressed the issue of patient safety and quality in health care (Briš & Keclíková, 2012). WHA called for continued improvements in health care quality and patient safety (Briš & Keclíková, 2012). Therefore, there is a need to evaluate the existent health care systems in order to identify the causes of risks and come up with a plan that can improve health care standards. The plan should also aim at improving the safety techniques applied in other high risk industries, such as the mass transportation, chemical engineering, and nuclear power generation sectors (Shillito, Arfanis, & Smith, 2010). According to the accident causation model developed by Reason in 1990, accidents are caused by many factors that work in concert (Shillito, Arfanis, & Smith, 2010). Such accidents must be prevented by instituting the necessary checks and controls within the system (Shillito, Arfanis, & Smith, 2010). According to Shillito...
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...Running head: QUALITY AND SAFETY IN HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT 1 Quality and Safety in Health Care Management Murimi Stephen muriets@gmail.com JKUAT December 2014 QUALITY AND SAFETY IN HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT 1. Introduction 2 Although health care facilities are designed to ensure people are safe, they remain a dangerous place to be (Mitchell, Gardner, & McGregor, 2012). The sources of risks in the hospital include medical errors, falls, and health care associated infections (HAIs). The World Health Assembly (WHA) held on 18th May 2012 passed a resolution that addressed the issue of patient safety and quality in health care (Briš & Keclíková, 2012). WHA called for continued improvements in health care quality and patient safety (Briš & Keclíková, 2012). Therefore, there is a need to evaluate the existent health care systems in order to identify the causes of risks and come up with a plan that can improve health care standards. The plan should also aim at improving the safety techniques applied in other high risk industries, such as the mass transportation, chemical engineering, and nuclear power generation sectors (Shillito, Arfanis, & Smith, 2010). According to the accident causation model developed by Reason in 1990, accidents are caused by many factors that work in concert (Shillito, Arfanis, & Smith, 2010). Such accidents must be prevented by instituting the necessary checks and controls within the system (Shillito, Arfanis, & Smith, 2010). According to Shillito...
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...IMPACT OF EMPLOYEES SAFETY CULTURE ON ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN SHELL BONNY TERMINAL INTEGRATED PROJECT (BTIP) Dr. M.O. Agwu, MNIM, MNISP Department of Business Administration, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State ABSTRACT he paper focuses on the impact of employees’ safety culture on organizational performance (improved management/employees safety practices, enhanced productivity, increased profitability and reduced accident/ incident rate) in shell bonny terminal integrated project. It defines employees’ safety culture as a product of individual and group values, attitudes, perceptions, competencies, and patterns of behavior that determine the level of commitment, style and proficiency of an organization’s safety management system. It assumes that inculcation of employees’ safety culture on the workforce at the task level using behavior-based safety culture approach (enforcement and education) has an influence on employees’ safety performance as well as on company performance: enhancement of productivity, profitability and loss control through reduction of accident/incident rate. The paper posits that: if construction companies in Shell Bonny terminal integrated project (BTIP) inculcate safety culture in their workforce through changing employees’ attitude to safety, there will be an improvement in employees’ obedience to safety rules and regulations thus enhancing better safety performance. The better safety performance of employees...
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...FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY XBTP4106 PROJECT: Case Study on the Occupational Safety and Health at SMK Senibong Construction Site, Lundu, Kuching, Sarawak Pau Chiong Hing Pusat Pelajaran Sarawak SUPERVISOR’S NAME: Tuan Haji Mahmood bin Long STUDENT’S PERSONAL DETAILS NAME : Pau Chiong Hing MATRIX. NO : 570416135561001 ADDRESS : 116 , Taman Siang, 95000 Sri Aman, Sarawak. PHONE : 019-8986891(H/P) 083-322961(R) EMAIL : pauch@oum.edu.my OCCUPATION : Site Safety Supervisor SPONSOR (IF ANY) : nil PROJECT TITLE : Case Study on the Occupational Safety and Health at SMK Senibong Construction Site, Lundu, Sarawak Table of Contents Page Acknowledgement i Declaration ii Abstract iii 1. Introduction 2.1 Research Background 1 2.2 Problem Statement 2 2.3 Objective of Study 3 2.4 Historical Perspective of Occupational Safety and Health in Malaysia 3 2. Literature Review 2.1 Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) 1994 7 2.2 Letter of Appointment of Contractor 10 2.3 Safety Manual of PN Construction Sdn Bhd 11 2.4 Organization Chart of Safety and Health Committee 13 2.5 Safety Statistic for SMK Senibong Project for year 2013 14 2.6 Occupational Safety and Health Issues in Construction 15 3. Research Methodology 3.1 Desktop Review 17 3.1.1 What is Tool-box Talk 21 3...
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...Occupational Health and Safety in the Workplace Occupational safety and health (OSH) also commonly referred to as occupational health and safety (OHS) or workplace health and safety (WHS) is an area concerned with the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment. The goals of occupational safety and health programs include fostering a safe and healthy work environment. OSH may also protect co-workers, family members, employers, customers, and many others who might be affected by the workplace environment. Human resources are one of the most important features of many businesses. A business’ success relies heavily on the effectiveness to which this resource is managed. Policies and practices used by the firm, set out the standards to which they seek to aspire. They are designed to govern the operation of the business; especially in today’s economy where there is such a rise in service industries. This paper seek to highlight the importance of Workplace Health and safety to the business, to develop an understanding of how its effective management can affect the performance of a business, outline how this can be effectively carried out with the interest of the company in mind. It is often said that, “the health of a nation is the wealth of a nation”, the same concept applies to business. The health and safety of a company’s human resource is an enormous contributor to the success of that business. Human resources account for a large proportion of many company’s'...
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...OCCUOPOTIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (OSHA) PRACTICES AND OSHA PERFORMANCE IN MALAYSIAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY GHANIM Mohmed Adeil University Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Engineering, Malaysia Mohamedadil88@yahoo.com Keywords: OSHAP; OSHAPM; Safety Performances; Financial Performances; Malaysian Automotive Industry. Summary This paper review the issues of the occupational safety and health administration practices (OSHAP) and occupational safety and health administration performances (OSHAPM) that affect the practices in Malaysian Automotive Industry. In addition, this paper discusses the OSHAP which are safety, culture, employee involvement, employee attitude, leadership style, safety and health training and last the effective communication. Not only that but to examine its impact on OSHAPM which are safety and financial performance in the automotive industry. However, this paper explores prior literatures and findings that were found by other researchers in the Malaysian automotive industry regarding these issues. Introduction Actually, the history of automotive industry in Malaysia has started at the early age of the second half of the 20th century. Several factors had played a main role in the reason behind this industry rise or in fact birth. The main reason was to strengthen this industry and decrease dependency on the agriculture sector. Not to say that agriculture is not profitable or important, but this industry will pull up the whole economic together...
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...Health and Safety in the health and social workplace Name: OLUWOLE. F. OMITOYIN Introduction: This essay intends to demonstrate a clear understanding of health and safety legislation and its implementation in health and social care settings. A review of systems, policies and procedures for communicating information in relation to legislations and individual responsibilities in term of managing health and safety will be considered. While safety priorities and how they are being implemented will be looked into. The use of information from care plan; the importance of risk assessment, the impact of policies on health care practices and how dilemma situation are managed and in addition consequences of non-compliance with law and regulation will be discussed. Lastly, the essay will critically look at how health and safety arrangement are monitored and review and also analyse the effectiveness of positive health and safety culture in health care organisation. In conclusion, my own contribution to health and safety needs will be discussed and recommendation made. Task 1: 1.1 According to oxford English dictionary (2014) “Policy is defined as a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organisation to direct and limit its action in pursuit of a long term goals,” examples smoking policy, manual handling policy. While a procedure on the other hand is an established or official ways of doing things or a series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner...
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...How can culture and history impact on service delivery? As a staff working in a community services industry, sometimes we may find it is very difficult and frustrating to build an open and trusting relationships with people come from diverse backgrounds and vice versa. This is usually due to a lack of understanding about their cultural and historical backgrounds which might have a big impact on issues related to their social and emotional wellbeing and mental health. There are many cultural and historical factors that we (staff) need to acknowledge in order to work with CALD people as well as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. By having an insight understanding and knowledge of their history and its context, it is very helpful for us to identify the recent impacts they have on communities and how we can work with them. It is also undeniable that culture and history affects their present and future. Especially for the Aboriginal people, the history had given them many tough and bad experiences which may affect the way they perceive or interact with other people. What is cultural safety? According to William (1999), cultural safety is defined as :” An environment that is spiritually, socially and emotionally safe, as well as physically safe for people; where there is no assault challenge or denial of their identity, of who they are and what they need. It is about shared respect, shared meaning, shared knowledge and experience of learning together”. The “cultural...
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...Analysis of Organizational Culture HAD 5731 Fitzpatrick, Harris, Kerr, Malhotra, Perkins, Salisbury, Topping Introduction Organizational culture encompasses the fundamental values, assumptions and beliefs that are held in common by members of an organization (Helfrich et al, 2007). Culture can be characterized as a basic implicit theory of mutual assumptions, invented, discovered, or developed by a group that determine how they think, feel and behave as they assimilate internally and adapt to the external environments of an organization (Schein, 1996). Culture is an important variable that defines an organization and has significant implications on its ability to be effective and efficient. Culture can be a critical barrier to leveraging new knowledge and implementing technical innovation (Helfrich et al, 2007). This paper will first provide an overview and analysis of the cultures and subcultures of two Ontario healthcare organizations - Trillium Health Centre (THC) and Credit Valley Hospital (CVH) in the context of a recent voluntary merger of the two organizations. The paper will then examine the impact of the dominant and sub- organizational cultures on the capability of the two organizations to be more effective, efficient and patient focused, as will the ways in which these cultures create barriers to current change efforts. Finally, the paper will identify recommendations for the merged leadership of the organizations to consider in order mitigate the identified...
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...A culture of safety includes the organization’s activities, standards, approaches, communication methods, and leadership attitudes to prevent or minimize adverse events, and to support safety behaviors at all levels. “Improving the culture of safety within health care is an essential component of preventing or reducing errors and improving overall health care quality” (“Safety Culture,” 2016). A culture of safety would benefit Drew’s case and the patient’s at his hospital, because a culture of safety promotes the staff’s commitment, confidence, increase the staff’s morale, and consistently safe behaviors among leaders and healthcare providers. In addition, a culture of safety would improve the communication and collaboration between co-workers,...
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...Health Care Management Student’s name Institutional Affiliation Abstract This article explores the health care management in organizations. The objective of the study was to assess the culture of the health care organization and how it influences organizational behavior, as well as productivity. The study also seeks to identify the comparisons of one organizations culture to the culture of the other. This paper will also examine the easiness to change an unhealthy or unproductive organization to a healthy one with time. Health Care Management Culture of a Health Care Organization Culture is ‘how and why you do things the way you do'. It is comprised of the strategies within a health care organization. It is made up of unwritten rules governing behavior in the organization. These rules are the norms, values, believes and assumptions that lead to excellence in duties performed within the organization. In a health care organization, different units have different cultures leading to their set goals. Climate of a Health Care Organization Organizational climate refers the employees' perception of the organizational culture and is easily measured through patient turn over and employee outcomes. Members' perceptions of organizational features involve; decision-making, leadership, and norms about work. Culture and climate are linked to behavior, attitudes, and motivations among clinicians. These orientations and behaviors can affect the quality of processes and outcomes. Recent...
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...Introduction Companies these days have been facing issue of globalization, sometimes with positive impact and sometimes as a challenge. That is why they have to come up with ideas to overcome these challenges. Management activities are being a facet of this increasingly complex society and the organization are bred from this organization. Management of a company is responsible for the accomplishment of organizational goals, plans and control. Management activities are controlling work, result reviewing, objectives settling, motivational environment stimulating and providing inclusive. British Airways is one of the greatest airlines company in the entire Europe that is made up of other merger smaller air transport companies since 1935. They are the best flyers taking their consumers to their designated places with an image of one of world’s leading premium airlines. The main business headquarter is placed at London and most of its are flight are held from Heathrow, Gatwick and London City airport. They are also worldcalls cargo service providers striding parallel with its passengers services. British Airways being one of the greatest growing airlines services with its partners in franchise, they have flights to more than 300 locations worldwide every day. As per the data of 2009/10 more than 32 million consumers were served by this company. They are one of the biggest enhancers of the UK economy giving prominent artilleries of investment and trade, covering up the business...
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...Please write an Op-Ed to your newspaper of choice in which you argue for national attention to quality and patient safety improvement OR to expanding access and equity in the U.S. health care system. For those that write about quality, you may wish to include discussion of some of the following: provide evidence on the current state of quality and patient safety in the U.S. health system: National attention is currently focused on the debacle of The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) roll out. The Federal Health Exchange website, cancelling of thousands of insurance plans and the dismal enrollment numbers are some of the items inundating our headlines. One of the main goals of the ACA is to improve access to health care. It seems as though, with all the partisan squabbling, we do not see much in the media about how the ACA plans to address safety and quality issues. Medical errors and unsafe care are responsible for the death of an estimated 90,000 patients each year, costing more than $4.5 billion in hospital health care costs. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), healthcare associated infections are one of the top 10 leading causes of death in the United States with approximately $33 billion in excess health care costs per year. For solutions to the healthcare cost conundrum, this is arguably the prime target for reduction. However, addressing the quality issue does come with its own challenges. For the most part, quality is seen as a quantity...
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...Abstract Healthcare unlike many high-risk industries has made slow progress in improving patient’s safety. The role of nursing in improving medication safety has been largely underestimated. Much of the research undertaken to date in relation to adverse medication events has neglected the impact that nurses have or could have in improving patient safety. In examining literature regarding adverse medication events one can see the urgent need for significant improvement in medication practices and processes. In addition that this health care issue will only improve with the participation of all disciplines working towards a common goal of improving the safety of those in our care. Introduction Medications play a key role in healthcare but can also be a significant key cause of medical error and of adverse patient outcomes. Nurses by the nature of their roles in medication administration can be the last line of defense in eliminating or reducing adverse medication events. The administration of medication is a common and almost routine activity in a nurse’s daily work, yet it is fraught with complexity and risk for both the patient and nurse. As a student nurse working in partnership with a registered nurse I have observed a variety of practices in medication administration that have varied from what I have been taught in class. On reflecting on these practices and questioning nurses why such practice has been adopted has illustrated to me both the flawed processes and environment...
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