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Risk Management, Safety Management and Loss Control
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4.1.1.07. Process - Base-line assessment
No improvement process can really start before an organization determines where it is. This means an evaluation of the present level of management activity; an "audit", assessment or evaluation of what is presently being done. Such an evaluation can be directed at all activities or at a limited selection and will provide a picture of what and how things are being done. Such an evaluation can very well be combined with the opinion survey of step 6 and will provide the management team with a clear view of strengths and development needs. It is also a valuable tool to select specific activities for the first action plan (step 8).
Purpose of this step is to obtain a good picture of the present situation as related to the Management system(s) involved.
Examples of safety audit systems are available as PDF documents: System 1 and System 2.
See also PDF document Prepare for Safety Audit.
See also RATING.
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THE principle of RESISTANCE TO CHANGE
"The greater the departure of any planned change from the accepted ways of the past, the greater the potential resistance by the people involved.