External and Internal Motivators for Workplace Health and Safety
- Five external motivators that will prompt ACCI Dent Window Cleaning to develop an a WHS management system
Following are the five external motivators:
- The work health and safety agencies like Safework NSW and icare
- Government
- Customers to maintain brand loyalty among them
- Industry, to have competitiveness
- The set rules regulations and policies of the country (Hassard, et al., 2012)
- Five internal motivators that will prompt ACCI Dent Window Cleaning to develop a WHS management system
Following are the five internal motivators:
- Employees
- Brand value and goodwill
- Increased attrition rate of the employees
- Law suits as a result of accidents caused by inadequate WHS management system
- Reduced costs related to occupational risks and accidents (Akpan, 2011)
- Five stakeholders which management needs to consult when developing a WHS management system
Five stakeholders that management needs to consult when developing a WHS management system:
- Employees
- Creditors
- Government
- Managers and the directors and executives of the company
- Health and safety agencies (Hassard, et al., 2012)
- Five workplace processes that can be combined in a methodical and ordered manner to minimise the risk of injury or ill health in the workplace
To minimize the risk of ill health as well as various workplace injuries there is a need to combine the several workplace processes in a very ordered and methodical manner so that there can be an interlinked between all these processes and by the efforts and combination of these processes, the best and most effective health measures can be implement. The major five workplace processes comprises of the process of job and work role design, health and safety processes, cleaning processes, contractual processes security process (Guerin and Martin, 2010). When all these processes combined in an ordered manner than they can plan the safety of the employees whenever they are at work and incorporates several measures that can support the wellbeing and safety of the workforce (Rowland, Watson and Wishart, 2006).
- Changes need to be made to the present Work Health Safety Management System (WHSMS) of the company
In ACCI Dent Window Cleaning, there has been identified numerous workplace health and safety issues. To resolve these issues and to improve the condition there is a need to make several changes and modifications in the Work Health Safety Management System of the organisation. Following are some of the proposed changes that to be made in ACCI Dent Window Cleaning:
- Firstly there must be develop a robust WHS Policy that states in the broad terms that the management must offer a safe workplace, comprises of allocation of responsibilities as well as resources for the implementation purposes and the efficient communication of the information.
- Secondly, a change in planning must be there. The management must decide that in what manner the commitments must be accomplished which were made in the WHS Policy. The management must set targets and objectives to meet the various goals of WHS Policy (Hassard, et al., 2012).
- The third change must be in the operations and the implementation. The management must ensure that there must be allocation of responsibilities to perform the duties of WHS legislation; it includes effective ways to have communication with the employees regarding the processes, procedures and activities of WHS (Australian Government, 2012).
- Ways to ensure that staff maintains an ongoing commitment to the new WHSMS
After having changes and improvements in the Work Health Safety Management System (WHSMS) of the company, it is also very much essential to ensure that the staffs maintain an on-going commitment to the new WHSMS. The management of safety and health is a continuous process that is one of the key factors of any business organisation. After the establishment of an effective WHSMS in the organisation, it is important to check and evaluate every step for understanding that the staffs have a long term commitment with this WHSMS and huge success (O’Neill, et al., 2013). Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the effectiveness and the implementation of the procedures and the policies. Following are the ways that ensure that staffs maintain an on-going commitment to the new WHSMS:
- There is a need to have regular measurement and evaluation of the implementation of the policies. The company must develop efficient reporting processes as well as systems for measuring, monitoring and evaluating the performance of WHSMS as well as determining that what all corrective as well as preventative actions must be taken by the company (Australian Government, 2012).
- The second way to ensure the commitment of the staff is by management review. The company and the management must develop a specific and scheduled process for the reviewing of the WHSMS incorporated in the company to ensure that it continuously meets the gaol of continuous improvement.
- There must also be continuous consultation and it must nit nly be stop at the point setting up the policies whereas all the employees must be appraised so that there can be continuous engagement of the employees with the organisational employees (Roy, Parent and Desmarais, 2003).
References
Akpan, E.I., 2011. Effective safety and health management policy for improved performance of organizations in Africa. International Journal of Business and Management, 6(3), pp.159-165.
Australian Government, 2012. HLTWHS601A Improve workplace WHS processes. Pp.16. Accessed on: 15th June, 2017. Accessed from: https://training.gov.au/TrainingComponentFiles/HLT07/HLTWHS601A_R1.pdf
Guerin, D.A. and Martin, C.S., 2010. The interior design profession’s body of knowledge and its relationship to people’s health safety, and welfare. University of Minnesota.
Hassard, J., Muylaert, K., Namysl, A., Kazenas, A. and Flaspoler, E., 2012. Motivation for employers to carry out workplace health promotion: literature review.
O’Neill, S., Martinov-Bennie, N., Cheung, A. and Wolfe, K., 2013. Issues in the measurement and reporting of work health and safety performance: A review. Safe Work Australia, Safety Institute of Australia and CPA Australia.
Rowland, B.D., Watson, B.C. and Wishart, D.E., 2006. Integration of work-related fleet safety within a Workplace Health and Safety Management System: A case study approach.
Roy, M., Parent, R. and Desmarais, L., 2003. Knowledge networking: A strategy to improve workplace health and safety knowledge transfer. Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management, 1(2), pp.159-166.