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18 Cards in this Set
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What criteria should be used to evaluate options in the problem solving process? |
The benefits, the costs and timeliness of the solutions |
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What are the four basic elements of occupational health and safety management? |
Management leadership/employee involvement, hazard prevention and control, worksite analysis, and training |
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Why is sustainability reporting important for major corporations? |
because the business community, regulators and investors are starting to ask about it |
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If a company uses a two step budgeting process such that lower management levels first participate in bottom-up budgeting process, and then senior managers follow up with a top-down final budget, what type of planning process is being used? |
Participative planning |
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What is the difference between a Line Manager and a Functional Manager? |
A Line Manager develops the processes and mechanisms by which an organization accomplishes its desired outcomes, and a Functional Manager is responsible for single, specific area of an organization such as finance, production and personnel. |
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Considering the range of accident models available for use in accident causation analysis which model is generally agreed to be the most useful? |
No single model would be considered the most useful because it is generally agreed that there is no such thing as "the holy grail" of accident theories. |
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Which organizations are best known for their sustainability indices? |
AIChE and Dow Jones |
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Who should sign the organizational occupational health and safety policy document? |
The Chief Executive Officer or President of the company should sign the health and safety policy document |
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What is the main role of the management team? |
To make best use of the human and material resources to produce goods and services for its clients |
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Job satisfaction is said to be impacted by a number of factors. These may be classified as "hygiene factors" and "satisfier factors." Which of the following are hygiene factors? |
Working conditions, organizational policies and administration |
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What does the British OHSAS 18000 call continual improvement? |
Action for improvement |
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Aside from safety what other factors are also typically considered in a sustainability index? |
Environmental performance and soical responsibility |
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The Plan-Do-Check-Act process is fundamental to the continuous improvement cycle. What are the key activities to do under "Act"? |
Management review and continual improvement |
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With respect to organizational forms what is a matrix structure? |
An approach that uses permanent cross-functional teams to blend the technical strength of functional structures with the integrating potential of divisional structures |
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Which type of model considers the physical and environmental factors in the workplace? |
Ergonomic |
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What is the most useful application of decision models in accident causation analysis? |
They are useful when applied to complex control systems like a control scenario with an operator reviewing multiple displays and having to initiate process controls. |
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Why is accident theory important to occupational health and safety professionals? |
It forces you to broaden your view and open your mind to the range of potential causes of accidents. |
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What is an environmental management system? |
Part of the overall management system that includes the structure, planning, procedures and practices and other elements related to the company's environmental policy |
