Organisations have a legal and social responsibility regarding the occupational health and safety of all employees in their working environment. This requires a sound occupational health and safety management system (OHSAS) due to hazards and risks that can have a detrimental effect on employ- ees. SANS OHSAS 18001:2007 has been written to be applicable to all types and sizes of organisations. …
Risk management may be defined as the reduction and control of the adverse effects of the risks to which an organization is exposed. Risks include all aspects of accidental losses that may lead to any wastage of the organization's, society’s and environmental assets. These assets cover personnel, materials, machinery, procedures, products, money, and natural resources: soil, water, energy, na…
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Iam pleased to welcome this important collection of authoritative papers on enterprise risk management. This subject has, unfortunately, operated below the visibility screen of most CEOs for many years. In the financial institutions, where regulations require a risk management process, most bank CEOs viewed it as a compliance process, much like internal audit and internal controls. They did…
The six chapters and its associated ten appendixes of this edition of field manual (FM) 5-0, The Operations Process, constitute the Army’s view on planning, preparing, executing, and assessing operations. Together with FM 6-0, Mission Command: Command and Control of Army Forces, this manual provides the Army with a common philosophy and language for the exercise of command and control thro…
Risk management today is in the spotlight, being tested by unprecedented turbulence in the financial markets, including depressed asset prices, reduced liquidity in many markets, and a contraction in the credit markets. The changed marketplace has affected every segment of the financial services industry including banks, insurance companies, and asset management firms. While the confluence of t…
The genius of revolution presided at the birth of the American Republic, whose first breath was drawn amid the economic, social and political turmoil of the eighteenth century. The voyaging and discovering of the three preceding centuries had destroyed European isolation and laid the foundation for a new world order of society. The Industrial Revolution was convulsing England and threatening to…
The 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) protest in Seattle was a defining moment in how local law enforcement manages mass demonstra- tions.Even the most memorable demonstrations, including the 1968 Democratic National Con- vention (DNC) in Chicago and the anti-war protest at Kent State University, were not organ- ized or carried out with the intent to cause injury or large-scale destruction. H…
I feel honoured to have this opportunity to write a book about the fundamental of supply chain management for the BookBoon.com Ltd and Ventus Publishing ApS. The chosen topic represents my attempt to respond to the growing demand for better understanding of supply chain management from managers, academics and graduate students alike. This book is based upon my 15 years of teaching experience g…
Globalization, demographic changes and lack of talented employees – they all contribute to the increase in interest in managing diversity of workers’ potential. The concept of diversity management first appeared in the eighties, but nowadays it appears even more often, especially in the business, scientific and social and legal context. Diversity management (dm) is a part of the Europe…
Abstract: Cloud computing has made it possible for private companies to make rapid changes in their computing environments. However, in the public sector, security issues hinder institutions from adopting cloud computing. To solve these security challenges, in this paper, we propose a methodology for information security management, which quantitatively classifies the importance of informat…
Knowledge of cultural influences can be leveraged to mitigate risk, to contain costs and to improve corporate effectiveness. Surprisingly, these aspects of organizational behaviour are often overlooked or their effect underestimated. Management commitment may be the single most important determinant of airline safety. Although further research linking measured management commitment and safet…
Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent of psychological disorders, affecting up to 25% of individuals in the general population at some time in their lives (Kessler et al., 1994). Despite their high prevalence, however, anxiety disorders often go undiagnosed and untreated, especially in primary care settings (e.g., Weiller, Bisserbe, Maier, & Lecrubier, 1998). In addition, there is …
The 1.5 million persons arrested each year for driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs (DUI) constitute a growing portion of the caseloads of the nation’s probation officers (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2002). The sheer volume of these cases poses the challenge of determining which DUI offenders pose the greatest threat to public safety and require more rigorous monitoring…
The State Records Management Act (Government Code, Section 14740-14774) requires the Director of the Department of General Services (DGS) to establish and administer the state’s records management program. The program applies “… to the creation, utilization, maintenance, retention, preservation, and disposal of state records.” DGS administers the program though the State Administrati…