MGMT 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Job Satisfaction, Decision-Making, Organizational Culture
Occupational health and safety (OHS) is now more commonly referred to as Workplace Health and
Safety (WHS):
• Irrespective of what it is called, OHS/WHS is concerned with the provision of a safe and
healthy work environment.
• OHS programs should be linked with the organisations strategic business objectives to seek
competitive advantage by promoting employee commitment and wellbeing.
• Poor OHS performance equates with poor HRM, and poor ethical, legal and social
responsibility.
• Apart from these considerations, all employers have a duty of care to protect the health,
safety and wellbeing of their employees while as work whether in the workplace or elsewhere.
Some of the benefits of providing a safe and healthy work environment:
• Improved personal safety
• Reduced overheads, insurance claims, insurance premiums, uninsured losses, retraining,
relocation
• Improved productivity
• Reduced spoilage, wastage, machine shut down
• Compliance with relevant WHS and other legislation
• Increased trust, morale, job satisfaction, retention and wellbeing
• Lower labour turnover, absenteeism
• Reputation as employer of choice
Workplace health and safety:
Safe and health must be considered when:
• Jobs are designed
• Employees are selected or redeployed
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• Employees are trained and developed
• Employees have their performance appraised
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Document Summary
Occupational health and safety (ohs) is now more commonly referred to as workplace health and. Some of the benefits of providing a safe and healthy work environment: Improved personal safety: reduced overheads, insurance claims, insurance premiums, uninsured losses, retraining, relocation. Improved productivity: reduced spoilage, wastage, machine shut down, compliance with relevant whs and other legislation, reputation as employer of choice. Increased trust, morale, job satisfaction, retention and wellbeing. Jobs are designed: employees are selected or redeployed, employees are trained and developed, employees have their performance appraised. Some current health and safety issues and concerns: Substance abuse: terrorism, obesity, depression, home-based workers, contractors, workplace violence, domestic violence, workplace bullying, unrealistic performance targets, poorly designed jobs. Stress: a condition of strain that affects ones emotions, thought procedures and physical condition. Sources of employee stress are virtually endless and can originate in or outside the workplace.
