Developing Work Safety Policy : For Vocational Educational Program in Logistics
Hallikainen, Matti (2017)
Hallikainen, Matti
Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu
2017
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201705188932
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201705188932
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The objective of this thesis is to establish a pre-plan for the development of a work safety policy in secondary level logistics education. The case organization operates in safety critical environment without a work safety policy. A work safety policy is a systematic way to address the challenges which are involved in the operational activities of a safety critical organization.
The objective of this thesis is approached by identifying the key challenges of the case organization by determining the current state of the operations. The sources of data include stakeholder interviews, internal documents and observations. The inclusion of key stakeholders, internal documents and observations provide a thorough understanding of the current state of the operations. The current state analysis illustrates the key findings which are chosen as development priorities. Existing knowledge from academic and practitioner literatures is then examined and utilized to formulate a conceptual framework which provides instruments for building the proposal.
The outcome of this thesis is a pre-plan for the development of work safety policy which provides managerial suggestions and operational guidelines for the case organization. The pre-plan includes guidelines, procedures and roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders. The pre-plan was co-created with key stakeholders from case organization and work safety authority. By implementing the pre-plan, the organization is able to improve work safety by establishing a Safety Culture and implementing Safety Management into organizational activities and operational procedures.
The objective of this thesis is approached by identifying the key challenges of the case organization by determining the current state of the operations. The sources of data include stakeholder interviews, internal documents and observations. The inclusion of key stakeholders, internal documents and observations provide a thorough understanding of the current state of the operations. The current state analysis illustrates the key findings which are chosen as development priorities. Existing knowledge from academic and practitioner literatures is then examined and utilized to formulate a conceptual framework which provides instruments for building the proposal.
The outcome of this thesis is a pre-plan for the development of work safety policy which provides managerial suggestions and operational guidelines for the case organization. The pre-plan includes guidelines, procedures and roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders. The pre-plan was co-created with key stakeholders from case organization and work safety authority. By implementing the pre-plan, the organization is able to improve work safety by establishing a Safety Culture and implementing Safety Management into organizational activities and operational procedures.