Managing Health, Safety and Working Environment

Product Description Are you looking to save your company money whilst improving employee well being? A safe, healthy working environment is good for business. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has identified companies where specific financial advantages were attributable to improved health and safety: one company saved £12 for every £1 it spent; a 73% reduction in employee insurance claims and 18% fewer days lost to injuries; a 50% reduction in civil claims. When you consider that in 2004-5 28 million working days were lost due to work-related ill-health and 7 million due to workplace injury, the benefits of a health and safety culture are obvious. This book explores the managerial roles and responsibilities with regard to safety. Applying key legal requirements to the workplace, it looks at how workplace facilities are managed and how materials and equipment are used, stored and maintained for optimum effectiveness. It not only aids organisations to achieve success, but to maintain it. * Authoritative but accessible and lively material * New, exciting and flexible approach to management development * Identifies the requirements of health and safety policy, employee consultation and risk assessment organizations Book Description New exciting and flexible approach to management development From the Back Cover Stuck for ideas, inspiration or just want to work differently? Management Extrabrings all the best management thinking together in one package.The books arepractical and well structured to provide an in depth treatment of thesemanagement topics.Titles in the series:* Business Environment* Change Management* Development for High Performance* Effective Communications* Financial Management* Information and KnowledgeManagement* Leadership and Management inOrganisations* Leading Teams* Making Sense of Data andInformation* Managing Markets and Customers* Managing for Results* Managing Health, Safety andWorkingEnvironment* Managing Legal and Ethical Principles* Managing Yourself* PositiveWorking Relationships* Project Management* Quality and Operations Management* Reaching Your Goals Through Innovation* Recruitment and Selection* Reputation ManagementThis series fuses key theories and concepts with applied activities to helpmanagers examine how they work in practice.The books are created withindividuals in mind.They are designed to help you improve your managementskills. Management Extra can also be used in conjunction with managementprogrammes of study aligned to standards.Each of the books has case studies, self assessments and activities all underpinnedby knowledge and understanding of the frameworks and techniques required toimprove performance. Management Extra provides managers and trainers with ahandbook for action and development.You found it - what a find! A practicalresource packed with all the relevanttheory and suggested activities tosupport your professional development.An essential resource to have at yourfingertips, jump in and enjoy.Russell JeansLearning and Development Manager,ntlAll the essential concepts are here,presented in an easily digestible formatwith lots of up to date case studies andreferences - but, most importantly, withplenty of thought provoking activitiesand self-diagnostic exercises to makethe learning personal and transferable.Peter ManningHead of Training & Development,News International Newspapers Ltd