Innovations in Safety Management – Addressing Career Knowledge Needs : Addressing Career Knowledge Needs

Covers the competencies necessary for career enhancement and effective performance in safety management. This book provides a knowledge base of financial management fundamentals to open communications between safety professionals and management. It is intended for safety practitioners, human relations directors, and management personnel.

Based on an exclusive author survey of corporate and divisional safety directors, this principal book on career enhancement and effective performance in safety management expertly covers the competencies necessary for success in this continually transitioning field. The coverage is so extensive, each chapter could be used as the subject of a professional society course. Innovations in Safety Management establishes a knowledge base of financial management fundamentals to open communications between safety professionals and management. It will facilitate deeper comprehension of executive decision making so that safety strategies can be delivered in business terms. Also, it will assist safety practitioners in establishing personal value within a company and communicating that value to management. Also detailed in this book are: The theoretical ideal for optimum safety performanceThe Safety Decision Hierarchy–placing the hierarchy of controls within tried and proven problem-solving techniquesWhy safety practitioners need to know about hazard analysis and risk assessmentA primer on hazard analysis and risk assessmentHow to prevent bringing hazards into the workplaceMethodology for extending task analysis to further establish valueA new, three-dimensional risk scoring systemBehavioral safetyA history of the Safety Through Design movement This book was written with consideration for everyone responsible for safety in all businesses regardless of professional title, including safety practitioners, human relations directors, and management personnel.