Governance and Leadership in Health and Safety

A Guide for Board Members and Executive Management

Waddah S. Ghanem Al Hashmi, Bob Arnold

• Editore: Routledge
• Anno: 2021
• ISBN:
  9781000403442
• Edizione: 1
• Argomento: Business
• Categoria: Corporate Governance

This book is a leadership guide to the effective implementation of the ISO 45001: 2018 standard. It takes the high-level leadership and top management principles put forward in ISO 45001 and develops them into a comprehensive discourse on how, at the very top of any organization, large or small, leaders can drive the occupational health and safety (OH&S) agenda and ensure the effective implementation of the OH&S management systems.

While the standard sets out expectations for top management, this book provides a clear explanation of the OH&S roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities between those who direct the organization and drive it towards achieving its strategic aims and those who lead the day-to-day operations. It puts forward a purposeful, easy-to-follow, and effective system for the implementation of ISO 45001 whilst also, and more importantly, maximizing the value proposition of such a global standard, regardless of industry.

The book is written for top management teams of both non-executive and executive leadership, as well as senior advisors, in all organizations seeking to effectively implement OH&S policies and management systems. It can also be utilized to create training and learning materials to assist with implementation.

Indice dei contenuti

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• About the authors
• Purpose of this book
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• 1 Effective health and safety governance and leadership
• 2 Value creation through high reliability
• 3 The model for effective health and safety governance and leadership: The health and safety role of the board
• 4 Health and safety in strategic and business planning
• 5 Policy setting: Setting the “Tone from the Top”
• 6 Setting the plan, targets, and ensuring integration with the business plans and creating ingredients for success
• 7 Stewardship for implementation of the health and safety plan
• 8 Ensuring effectiveness, performance oversight, and continual improvement
• 9 Training and implementation
• 10 Epilogue
• Appendix 1 A health and safety management standard for the board of directors and the executive leadership team
• Appendix 2 Training for board and members of the executive team: Key learning outcomes
• Appendix 3 Typical executive leadership team health & safety committee charter/terms of reference
• Index