Organizational Mastery with Integrated Management Systems: Controlling the Dragon

ISBN-13: 9780471389286 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 352 str.

Michael T. Noble

Opis

In a time of globalization and increasing international trade, businesses everywhere are acknowledging the need for universally recognized quality and environmental management standards. As a result, the integration of quality and environment health and safety management systems into a single coherent managed system or process is a key objective for many organizations.

Recenzje

"...highlights concepts that can help manage and mitigate risks. Topics include safety as a key element of process improvement..." (Professional Safety, Vol. 46, No. 6)

"...Noble explains how to establish a quality management system that incorporates environmental health and safety concerns." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 24, No. 4, December 2000)

"It is easy to follow and should be studied by management specialists in academia, industry and government." (Int Jnl of Environment Studies, Vol.58 2001)

Spis treści

Controlling the Dragon –
The Integration of Management Systems.

Building Safer, More Productive Jobs!

Management Commitment: Policy and Planning.

Plan Implementation.

Risk Assessment Process.

Risk and Operational Control.

Measurement and Evaluation.

Nonconformance and Incident Investigation.

Management Review and Continuous Improvement.

Conclusion.

Appendices.

References.

Index.

O autorze

MICHAEL T. NOBLE is Director of Consulting Services for Liberty International Risk Services in Boston. With over two decades in environmental health and safety risk management, he has taught at Southern Illinois University, California State University, and the University of California, and has developed course and technical materials for such clients as the Department of Labor (OSHA) and the Naval Shipyards.

Blurb

Learn to Implement an Effective, Coherent Management System with Quality and EH&S Tools How would you like to streamline health and safety and environmental programs into the everyday operations of your organization? Reduce rework, breakage, and worker′s compensation claims while increasing productivity, efficiency, and profitability? In Organizational Mastery with Integrated Management Systems, Michael Noble answers these questions and much more. Presenting an integrated, no–nonsense approach to process risk management, Noble guides you through all the steps necessary to establish a quality management system that incorporates environmental health and safety (EH&S) concerns. He brings together ideas from both Quality and EH&S, providing a wealth of proven techniques that can be easily tailored to your specific organizational needs. Useful checklists, guidelines, process flowcharts, and risk analysis methods are included along with appendices containing management and technical audits you can use to develop your own audit tool. You′ll learn to:
∗ Develop effective strategies for assessing, managing, and mitigating risks
∗ Make audits a simple extension of well–run operations and processes
∗ Integrate ISO 9000, ISO 14000, and OHSA′s 18000 systems
∗ Choose from the best–of–the–best of TQM, Deming, and Crosby
∗ Identify and correct "Multiple Root Causes" of accidents or process failure
∗ Enhance process improvement through employee/customer satisfaction
∗ And much more