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Can Management Systems Be Effective If They Are Not Integrat

Can Management Systems Be Effective If They Are Not Integrat

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Can Management Systems Be Effective If They Are Not Integrat

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  1. Can Management Systems Be Effective If They Are Not Integrated?

  2. Management systems like ISO 14001, occupational health and safety, ISO 9001,quality, food safety or HACCP and financial management can very readily be integrated. All the systems except quality are risk based and should use a consistent risk management tool within a business. In the new carbon constrained economy the business can also include its accounting for its carbon footprint as part of its environmental sustainability.

  3. What is crucial to making an integrated system work effectively is having straightforward procedures that are process based and cover all risks with a single reporting mechanism for the initial report of incidents, near misses and suggestions. Workers easily become confused by too many forms and instructions and then ignore them. In many cases having more than one different stand-alone systems can even be directly conflicting for the workers involved.

  4. During the implementation phase you do need to separate your decision making about different activities because the risk of environmental harm from a single activity many be very different from the occupational safety risk of the same activity. An example in the agribusiness field would be the use of hydrogen peroxide which breaks down readily to form water and oxygen. This is so environmentally safe that it is even approved for use in organic farming. However from an occupations health and safety viewpoint it is a very hazardous liquid because it breaks down too easily and can extremely dangerous for personnel to handle in larger quantities.

  5. In a case like this, the highest risk is what is managed in all circumstances and instructions, training, checklists, maintenance, equipment and contingency planning are implemented so that they cover the worst case scenario.

  6. One of the biggest pitfalls for a business with a fully integrated management system can be inflexible Government inspectors from organisations like the national quarantine inspection service, the work place safety inspectors and the environment protection authority who only want to see their own issue and have no real concern about the effective operation of the business outside their narrow tunnel. The pressure that these people assert needs to be resisted without alienating them because they are present for only a few days and are not the people with the responsibility for managing the business and making a profit so that the business remains sustainable. One way that usually appeases these people is to separate the different forms of incident report into separate files so that those inspectors need only look at their own area. There are also real business benefits from this separation because it is easy to analyse problem areas and build in continual improvement.

  7. Check my sources: http://www.iso9001help.co.uk/integrated-management-system-manual.html http://bit.ly/1hKpkEx

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