富X康事故543

是說捧油轉寄了以下資訊給我
引發了敝人一些感想與疑問，想分別從宏觀與微觀的角度來探討
請各位看倌先讀這則新聞報導

反璞歸真的工安管理？

日前和一位學姊交換意見
學姊問到：如何預防工安事故發生？

Paper:安衛管理與公司績效之間的關係

Title：Relation between occupational safety management and firm performance

Source：Safety Science 47 (2009) 980–991

Authors：Beatriz Fernández-Muñiz, José Manuel Montes-Peón , Camilo José Vázquez-Ordás（Spain）

Abstract

Occupational accidents severely deteriorate human capital, and hence negatively affect the productivity and competitiveness of countries. But despite this, we still observe a scarcity of preventive practices, an unsatisfactory management commitment and an absence of safety culture among Spanish firms. The result is evident in firms’ high accident rates. This situation is a consequence of the general belief among firms that investing in safety is a cost, and hence has negative repercussions for their competitiveness.

The current work aims to identify good practices in safety management, and analyse the effect of these practices on a set of indicators of organisational performance. For this, we first carry out an exhaustive literature review, and then formulate a series of hypotheses. We then test the proposed model on a sample of 455 Spanish firms. Our findings show that safety management has a positive influence on safety performance, competitiveness performance, and economic-financial performance. Hence they provide evidence of the compatibility between worker protection and corporate competitiveness.

對於風險的認知差異才是風險？

這兩天的火熱的工安新聞：

http://udn.com/NEWS/FINANCE/FIN5/6333740.shtml

不會讓人意外的再次大火

但這次公關進步了＆老闆的姿態也放低了

先前的評論如下：

http://eshmanager.blogspot.com/2010/08/blog-post_12.html

http://eshmanager.blogspot.com/2010/10/blog-post_10.html

工安有所謂的冰山理論

但從管理的角度，有另一種說法的冰山理論，與版上各位同業先進交流：

Natural selection and safety culture within a small/ medium sized enterprise (SME)

The natural selection of organizational and safety culture within a small to medium sized enterprise (SME)

Author：Benjamin Brooks

Source：Journal of Safety Research 39 (2008) 73–85

Abstract：

Introduction:

Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) form the majority of Australian businesses.

Method:

This study uses ethnographic research methods（人類學的研究方法） to describe the organizational culture of a small furniture-manufacturing business in southern Australia.

Results:

Results show a range of cultural assumptions variously ‘embedded’ within the enterprise. In line with memetics – Richard Dawkin's cultural application of Charles Darwin's theory of Evolution by Natural Selection, the author suggests that these assumptions compete to be replicated and retained within the organization. The author suggests that dominant assumptions are naturally selected, and that the selection can be better understood by considering the cultural assumptions in reference to Darwin's original principles and Frederik Barth's anthropological framework of knowledge.

The results are discussed with reference to safety systems, negative cultural elements called Cultural Safety Viruses, and how our understanding of this particular organizational culture might be used to build resistance to these viruses.

個人感想：

這篇質型研究，看題目就知道很另類、宏觀與發人深省（連人類學家都跨行來研究工安，工安真的如此有搞頭嗎？）

一些想藉量性研究方法找出改善中小企業安全績效的專家，或許應該先看看人家泡在田野當中的寶貴洞見

以下用摘錄（=斷章取義）的方式呈現一些重點

訪談心得543

是說近期訪談了一些高階主管與圈內大老
趁著還沒忘記，把一些經歷和感想記錄下來
提供版上好友與潛水客參考

環境成本的估算

不是一些大公司所謂環境成本會計
而是如何估算土地與其連帶的相關自然資源的價值
乃至於合理的在會計報表與土地成本上反應

Academic Study: How do commercial fishermen “stay safe”?

慶祝51勞動節，來看一篇跟工人沒關係的文章
Understanding non-industrialized workers' approaches to safety:
How do commercial fishermen “stay safe”?

Authors: Mary Anne McDonald , Kristen L. Kucera

Source: Journal of Safety Research 38 (2007) 289–297

看到這篇文章，就想到Discovery Channel 「漁人的奮鬥」系列影集

也很驚訝，有使用質性方法文章刊登在這安全領域的期刊出來

每每覺得這個領域沒有搞頭的時候，總會讀到讓我嘴巴張開&驚豔的文章

或許哪天我也可以寫一篇從環安角度幫企業算命的文章刊登在Harvard Business Review上，說不定可讓那Cambridge回來的老師下巴掉下來…..