How to manage HSE? (Part 3)

when we want to sell OSH to top management, we must try to sell OSH using "management terminology". An eye opener for top management normally related to any activities that can
1. increase profit
2. reduce cost
... a simple word that I can summarized is "money $$$"

One way that we can do is how we can INTEGRATE OSH into the company's risk management?? Figure below is the IOSH's vision & mission to support Business Risk Management process...

(Ref: Business Risk Managment, Getting Health & Safety Firmly In the Agenda by IOSH)

This is not an easy task for a normal SHO because we need to equip ourselves with another level of knowledge.... i.e. Business Management... as you can see from the above figure, managing OSH is dynamic & it changed as the way business is managed & focus. SO, it's important to understand the company's business operation... then from here, insya allah we can sell OSH more interesting manner + "talk the same language" with the management!!

How to manage HSE? (Part 2)

when I studied MBA, it really an eye opener for me on how to manage a business (for me, at least I have some basic on it..)... when we talked about business, "customer is the king"... any businesses MUST have customer.. without customer, or indirectly we call it as a demand, there will be no business... in supply chain management, it is always "customer-driven, customer- focused (Tony Hines)". So, how we can apply this in managing HSE?

The way I look HSE from business management of view, we need to ask ourself... who's HSE customer? for me, HSE is everybody's business... for me, it should be our responsibility from top management to employee... we need to take care our own Health & Safety... Management responsible for their sub-ordinates.... Employee responsible for their own & colleague's Health & Safety...then from here, SHO/HSE Engineer/HSE Executive etc will play their role as "coordinator" in managing HSE.... so, this is tally with OSH (Safety & Health Officer) Regulations on the responsibility of SHO i.e. as an advisor to the management...

BUT, we want to link it to the "business operation".... HSE MUST be part of the business activities... from the planning, operation, human resource, marketing, financial, etc... this can be done when all the stakeholders understand the importance of HSE in business....

How to manage HSE? (Part 1)

since I'm involved in HSE discipline 8 years ago, I keep reminding myself to see HSE from different perspectives... I have been working in production, facility, construction, quality, training, purchasing, little bit on HR.... it really open my eyes... managing HSE is not that easy... this is important to ensure how you can manage HSE challenges from different angles... I can say "thinking outside the box"

then, just throwing some questions to myself..
1. What's the best method/system/process to manage HSE?
2. How HSE supposed to be managed?
3. Where to start?
4. Who owned HSE in the organization?
5. How to sell HSE to management & employees?

Yesterday, received an info on SHO exam (paper 4) in Penang... looks like >60% failed the exam... I'm concern whether SHO candidates understand SHO modules correctly or not... it's important to teach/train the SHO candidates on how to manage HSE from macro point of view 1st. This is important, so that SHO has a clear "mind mapping" on how HSE is manage... what's Module 1, 2, 3 & 4... how this module interelated? why we must learn all these modules? how to understand the modules? etc...

After I completed my MBA, discussed with my friends, read books & newspapers etc managing HSE need some "touch" that I need to polish & learn daily... it's a skill, where I'm still searching for it... I will digest this issue slowly how we can manage HSE from multiple disciplines & suit it with out environment or situation at our workplace...