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Describe the common characteristics of well-known management systems.

Your response must be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as a source. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying APA citations.

2. What do you think are the top challenges associated with implementing an integrated management approach for a given organization?

3. Describe how integrated management systems fit into a Goal Oriented Framework.

4. Deming’s Plan-Do-Check-Act framework is central to the concept of total quality management. Discuss how this approach might also prove useful for other management related endeavors, such as occupational safety and health.

5. Describe how the management systems approach to ESH management results in continuous improvement.

6. When considering the definition of integrated management systems, the term “integrated” could refer to integrating a management systems approach into how things are done at a given facility, or it could mean integrating several similar management systems approaches into one way of conducting business to take advantage of efficiencies inherent in economies of scale. Which meaning of the word integrated do you think best fits what we learned this unit? Could both fit? Support your position with a well-reasoned argument.

7. Consider the relative value of the planning phase, specifically the objectives and targets, in relation to management system improvement efforts. How can the development and implementation of objectives provide an organization with a clear path to quality and Environmental, Health, and Safety improvements which are related to the risks identified by its operations?

8. Contractors are of great concern when it comes to companies who take a beyond compliance approach to Environmental, Health, and Safety. Consider a scenario where there is a large manufacturing plant that makes custom automobile wheels. This plant applies a beyond compliance approach to safety and health and is a STAR VPP site. The facility plans to nearly double its size in square footage by adding onto the existing facility. The plant will continue to operate during construction. What are some things the company can do to assure they bring on quality contractors and what are the key construction hazards to look out for? Also, who takes responsibility for contractor safety when it comes to applying a beyond compliance, management systems approach?

9. Compare and contrast the ILO, ANSI Z-10, and CSA OSH standards discussed in this unit. How are they the same? How are they different?

10. Explain why Environmental, Health, and Safety management systems standards identify procurement and contracting as an important concern for hazard prevention.

11. Explain how responsibility and accountability are addressed in the various management system standards. Use one management system standard as an example.

12. Compare and contrast between leading and trailing metrics. Provide examples and explain those that you believe are most useful to the organization and why?

13. It can be argued that most all companies have programs in place to manage Environmental, Health, and Safety issues in the facility. How does having such systems in place differ from a management systems approach?

14. Summarize the strategic performance improvement measuring process and how this process would apply to the industrial setting. Can the process include quality, OSH, and environmental management system metrics?

15. Consider a manufacturing plant that makes AA batteries. It is a highly mechanized facility with a lot of machinery and automated systems. Summarize how an organization might go about measuring the success and/or failures of the company’s confined space, lockout/tagout, and machine guarding programs. Make sure you demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental tenets of these safety and health topics as well. Do not forget to make an effort toward considering leading indicators.

16. Describe the responsibilities of the front-line worker in an organization that uses a management systems approach to safety and health. How do the responsibilities of his or her supervisor and higher management help him or her to succeed?

17. Why are the behavioral-based safety management techniques not congruent with a management systems approach to worker safety and health?

18. Discuss to what extent you think the management systems approach requires a greater level of trust in the front-line worker from management. How do you think workers would respond to this?

19. Distinguish between the concepts of accountability and responsibility in the context of a safety management systems approach. How are these concepts related?

20. Identify a minimum of three important points from Deming’s list of 14 points that clearly distinguish Deming’s philosophies from that of the top-down hierarchical approach to management.

21. Some believe that companies that utilize a management systems approach outperform their competition. Identify whether you agree with this position and support your position with a well-reasoned and supported argument.

22. would you look for in a company software system to support your Environmental, Health, and Safety endeavors and why?

23. uate at least two of the software systems identified in this unit that are used by companies that practice a management systems approach to Environmental, Health, and Safety. Discuss some of the pros and cons of each. Which would you recommend for your course project organization and why?

Your response must be at least 350 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as a source. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying APA citation