Ershadi, M J; Edrisabadi, R and Shakouri, A (2020) Strategic alignment of project management with health, safety and environmental management. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 10(1), pp. 78-93. ISSN 2044-124X
Abstract
Purpose: Project management generally covers many important areas such as cost, quality and time in different industrial settings, but it is deficient in relation to integration of health, safety and environmental risks. Poor knowledge of project managers about HSE management necessitates the studying on the mutual effects of HSE and project management. Hence, investigating the impact of project management on health monitoring programs, safety prevention monitoring, environmental monitoring plans and finally the effectiveness of professional health monitoring programs and determining their importance are main objectives of this research. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach: A model based on structural equations was designed and developed. The constructs of this model are project management, health monitoring and safety prevention monitoring program. Based on the conceptual model, some questionnaires were prepared and distributed among the experts of strategic project management. Findings: The results of applied structural modeling suggest that project management focuses on each aspect of HSE management, including health monitoring programs, safety prevention monitoring programs, environmental monitoring plans and effectiveness of professional health monitoring programs. HSE management can also be strengthened by empowering project management. Checking fire protection systems, using appropriate techniques to identify contamination and disposal of waste and incorporating techniques for brainstorming or other ideas creation in the group are the most important tasks in HSE-enabled project management frameworks. Originality/value: Since there is still no strategic alignment model that includes components of project management and HSE management, a model for achieving this goal is vital. This paper elaborates this alignment based on literature and using a field study.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | environmental management; occupational health; project management; safety measures; structural equation modelling |
| Index terms: | methodology, integration, contamination, structural modelling, monitoring, program, effectiveness, environmental monitoring, questionnaire, prevention, strategic project management, environmental risk, environmental management, project management, field study, project manager, safety measures, structural equation modelling, occupational health |
| Subjects: | data collection methods, profession, control systems, environmental impact, strategic project management, analytical methods, software systems, research methods, performance management, sustainability assessment, financial risk, project management theory and practice, health safety and environment, organizational analysis, occupational health and safety management, environmental health, statistical analysis |
| Topics: | Engineering Principles, Project Management, Research Practice, Health and Safety, Cost Management, Sustainability, Roles and Professions, Quality Management, Digital Applications, Site Management, Organizational Design |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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