安全管理政策和工作事故

Nuno Monteiro, P. Anunciação
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研究目的。本研究的目的是为了证明工作保障领域缺乏组织政策和战略对企业竞争力的影响。在工业和分销公司的仓库中,货物的移动对于优化产品进入市场的时间至关重要。这是一项在管理领域看来很简单而不是很复杂的活动,受到国家和国际法律的适当规定。然而,当管理不善时,它可以表达影响竞争力的重大成本,甚至显著影响公司的运营功能。知道不同设备装卸货物的安全需要不同级别的规则和安全政策,本研究旨在根据葡萄牙最大的装卸设备公司之一的实际情况证明其经济影响。设计/方法论/方法。考虑到这项研究的性质和目的,它试图证明遵守或不遵守工作安全规则和政策有好处或有代价,并影响经济组织的竞争力,这项工作是根据三个阶段拟订的。第一阶段的重点是直接观察业务活动中的安全做法。在此观察之后,在第二阶段,我们开始收集和分析被研究公司的现有数据,参考过去记录的工作事故数量。在最后一个阶段,我们试图理解和证明公司的最高管理层的结果。这最后一个阶段提供了管理者对该主题的看法以及与相关影响的对抗的理解,不仅在财务层面,而且在公司运营层面。发现。这项研究使显示对组织绩效的影响(相关成本)成为可能,不幸的是,这一现实往往不是最高管理层关注的一部分。本研究表明,由于日常活动的压力,企业经常不能遵守安全规则,随着公司人员的增加,事故数量也在增加,这是一个经常被下放给中层管理人员的管理问题,而这种情况可以通过企业高层管理人员对现有现实的低控制程度来改善。通过这个具体的研究,可以验证课题对于公司管理的关联性较弱,以及对现状难以规范的假设。审查这一领域的管理做法和模式的必要性变得明显起来。原创性/价值/实际意义。这项研究的相关性使我们有可能向最高管理层指出,就竞争力而言。但是,行动的直接费用是相关的;还有间接成本和机会成本,例如事故或设备不可用,这些成本可能会损害公司的竞争力。这项研究的另一个优势是为管理层提供了公司现有现实的证据,这些现实在公司的日常活动中往往被低估或忽视。此外,还应指出的是,提出了一项公司安全改进计划的建议。
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Security Management Policies and Work Accidents
Abstract Research purpose. The aim of the research is to demonstrate the impacts of an absence of organizational policies and strategies in the field of work security on enterprise competitiveness. The movement of loads in the warehouses of industrial and distribution companies is critical in optimizing the times of availability of products to market. This is an activity that, in the field of management, appears to be simple and not very complex, duly framed by national and international laws. However, when poorly managed, it can express significant costs that affect competitiveness and even significantly affect the operational functioning of companies. Knowing that the safety of cargo handling by different equipment presupposes rules and safety policies at different levels, the present study aims to demonstrate the economic impacts based on a real situation in one of the largest handling equipment companies in Portugal. Design / Methodology / Approach. Given the nature and objectives of the study, which seeks to demonstrate that the work security rules and policies compliance or non-compliance has benefits or costs and affects the competitiveness of economic organizations, the work was developed based on three phases. The first phase focused on direct observation of safety practices in operational activities. After this observation, in a second phase, we proceeded to collect and analyze existing data in the company under study, referring to the number of work accidents recorded in the past. In the last phase, we sought to understand and justify the results with the company’s top management. This last phase provided the understanding of the administrators’ view on the subject and the confrontation with the associated impacts, not only at the financial level but at the level of the company’s operation. Findings. This study made it possible to show the impact (associated costs) on organizational performance and that this reality, unfortunately, is not often part of top management’s concern. As a management issue that is often relegated to middle management, this study demonstrates the frequent failure to comply with safety rules due to the pressure of daily activities, the increased number of accidents with the personnel growing in the company, and that this situation can be enhanced through the low degree of control by the enterprise top management over the existing reality. With this concrete study, it was possible to verify the weak relevance of the topic for the company’s administration and the assumption of the difficulty in regularizing the existing situation. The need to review management practices and models in this field became evident. Originality / Value / Practical implications. The relevance of this study made it possible to point out to the top management administration that, in terms of competitiveness. However, the direct costs of the operation are relevant; there are indirect and opportunity costs, such as accidents or unavailability of equipment, which represent costs that can compromise the competitiveness of the company. This study also had the advantage of providing management with evidence of the existing reality in the company, which tends to be undervalued or go unnoticed in the day-to-day company’s current activities. In addition, it should also be noted that a proposal for an improvement plan for the company’s safety was made available.
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