Shash, A A and Ahcom, J (2005) Organizational aspects of safety management subsystem. Journal of Construction Research, 6(2), pp. 237-252. ISSN 1609-9451
Abstract
A comprehensive research for defining the organizational aspects of a construction contractor's subsystems was performed to provide these contractors with benchmarks for evaluating their subsystems. This paper describes the organizational aspects of contractors' safety management subsystems. The objective of this research was accomplished by surveying the literature, and by contacting twenty one construction industry experts through a comprehensive structured questionnaire. The research results define the organizational aspects of a safety management department in terms of key functions, location in the organization, key personnel, safety management tools, link with other departments, safety management program, and safety management effective practices. If a contractor implements the study recommendations to its safety management department, he would realize working and efficiency improvement in the safety.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | safety management; system; organizational aspects; project management; best practices |
| Index terms: | surveying, personnel, construction contractor, safety management, questionnaire, program, efficiency, project management, organizational aspect, construction industry, best practice |
| Subjects: | business, data collection methods, health monitoring assessment and metrics, software systems, performance management, management, project management theory and practice, occupational health and safety management, industry analysis, practitioner |
| Topics: | Quality Management, Project Management, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Digital Applications, Organizational Design, Research Practice, Business Strategy, Roles and Professions |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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