conducting a safety inspection on my study area at home. I have identified six hazards and filled out an inspection checklist aswell as a table explaining the hazard‚ the risk‚ any recommendations‚ timeframe‚ records‚ monitoring and measuring and training. I conducted this inspection on the seventh of June 2010. 2. Brief overview of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) is an important consideration for all Australians‚ but particularly for business. Good OHS
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IULIAN FLORIA LON130821006 COURSE TITLE-HND UNIT NO & UNIT TITLE-Y/601/0546 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT ASSIGNMENT NO 1 -28/10/2013 IULIAN FLORIA LON130821006 Introduction Task 1 AC1.1 The purposes of given organisations AC1.2 1 Organisation stakeholders AC1.3 1. Comparison between NHS and BRC 2. Strategies used by NHS and BRC AC2.1 1. The type of economic system in which the organisations operate 2. How scarce
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ASSESSMENT FRONT SHEET LONDON SCHOOL OF COMMMERCE AND IT Programme: BTEC Higher National Diploma (HND) in Business Unit Number and Title: 01 and Business Environment Unit Code-: Y/601/0546 Credit Value: 15 QCF Level: 4 Module Tutor: Bhupinder Singh Email: Bhupinder27@gmail.com Date Set: SCOPE OF THE COURSEWORK Learning outcomes and criteria covered by this assignment: • All pass criteria (P1-P12) • All merit descriptors (M1-M3) • All distinction descriptors
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Lesson 1 BUSINESS AND ITS ENVIRONMENT NATURE OF BUSINESS Business may be understood as the organized efforts of enterprise to supply consumers with goods and services for a profit. Businesses vary in size‚ as measured by the number of employees or by sales volume. But‚ all businesses share the same purpose: to earn profits. The purpose of business goes beyond earning profit. There are: • It is an important institution in society. • Be it for the supply of goods and services • Creation of
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The health and safety representative is responsible for addressing workplace health and safety issues. The employees of the workplace who do not exercise managerial functions select‚ from among those employees‚ the person to be appointed health and safety representative. If the employees are represented by a trade union‚ then the union selects the person to be appointed after consulting any employees who are not in the union. The health and safety representative’s duties include: * to consider
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assignment will‚ within the area of business and employment law‚ identify the key features relating to the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and will then evaluate the Acts’ significance in protecting the rights and interests of the workforce. The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HSWA) brought in a new approach to dealing with the risks to people at work. Prior to HSWA there were approximately 30 Acts and over 500 regulations dealing with health and safety in the work place. The situation was
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Identify the purposes of different types of organisation It is necessary for an organisation that‚ before it devises its strategy‚ it must know where it is going and in what direction to move to pursue such aims. J Thompson (1990) describes the mission statement of a company as defining the primary purpose of the organisation‚ what business it is in and‚ whom the company is seeking to serve and satisfy. Therefore‚ the organisation activities should revolve around the mission statement. Many companies
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BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT ASSIGNMENT-1 1. Discuss the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility with the help example of corporate Entity you know? Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model. CSR policy functions as a built-in‚ self-regulating mechanism whereby a business monitors and ensures its active compliance with the spirit of the law‚ ethical standards‚ and international norms. Let me explain the Corporate Social Responsibilities
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HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATIONS Occupational health and safety legislations are enforced to regulate the standards of workplace health and safety with the main aim of preventing workplace accidents‚ injuries and diseases. They also outline consequences for breaches of such standards. They provide‚ in detail‚ the responsibilities of employers‚ supervisors‚ and of employees. Generally‚ the legislations require the employer to do everything they can rationally do to protect the health and safety of their
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SHP 3433 SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK DISCUSSION CASE 1 – EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT “Forget it! We are not going to train our employees in first aid. Emergencies notwithstanding‚ I don’t want a bunch of amateur doctors running around the company doing more harm than good.” Mary‚ safety director for Gulf Coast manufacturing‚ was getting nowhere trying to convince her boss that the company should have employees trained in first aid in the event of an emergency. “But John‚ we have had three hurricanes
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