b) What factors will you take into consideration when preparing your oral presentation? List any four important factors.
The importance of organisational factors
Organisations that are good at managing health and safety create an effective
framework to maximise the contribution of individuals and groups. Health and
safety objectives are regarded in the same way as other business objectives. They
become part of the culture and this is recognised explicitly by making health and
safety a line management responsibility. The approach has to start at the top.
Visible and active support, strong leadership and commitment of senior managers
and directors are fundamental to the success of health and safety management.
Senior managers communicate the beliefs which underlie the policy through their
individual behaviour and management practice. Health and safety is a boardroom
issue and a board member takes direct responsibility for the co-ordination of effort.
The whole organisation shares the management perception and beliefs about the
importance of health and safety and the need to achieve the policy objectives.
Examples of statements of health and safety philosophy are shown in Inset 3.