A Survey that Contributes to the Development of a Framework to Evaluate Health and Safety Strategies in Supply Chains
This paper reports on the results of a survey that was part of wider research to link small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and larger organisations to help improve the health and safety records of SMEs. The survey results suggest that networking, as virtual organisations, would be a valuable way to li...
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| author | Lehaney, B. Diugwu, I. Willemyns, M. Hosie, Peter |
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| description | This paper reports on the results of a survey that was part of wider research to link small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and larger organisations to help improve the health and safety records of SMEs. The survey results suggest that networking, as virtual organisations, would be a valuable way to link SMEs with their larger counterparts, partly because SMEs do not have the resources and time to release members of staff easily to attend physical workshops and other events. SMEs are important to many economies, but tend to have poor health and safety records. It is in the interests of larger organisations to assist SMEs within their supply chains, as the effects of absences resulting from poor health and safety management in SMEs result in supplies being disrupted. The research focussed on the construction industry. It is mapped to existing literature in relevant domains. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-359632017-02-28T01:43:26Z A Survey that Contributes to the Development of a Framework to Evaluate Health and Safety Strategies in Supply Chains Lehaney, B. Diugwu, I. Willemyns, M. Hosie, Peter virtual organisations health records world wide web online organisations physical workshops Coventry occupational health web based organisations construction industry supply disruption West Midlands occupational safety networks networking safety records SMEs supply chain management UK staff absence United Kingdom SCM small and medium-sized enterprises Birmingham large organisations internet evaluation frameworks This paper reports on the results of a survey that was part of wider research to link small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and larger organisations to help improve the health and safety records of SMEs. The survey results suggest that networking, as virtual organisations, would be a valuable way to link SMEs with their larger counterparts, partly because SMEs do not have the resources and time to release members of staff easily to attend physical workshops and other events. SMEs are important to many economies, but tend to have poor health and safety records. It is in the interests of larger organisations to assist SMEs within their supply chains, as the effects of absences resulting from poor health and safety management in SMEs result in supplies being disrupted. The research focussed on the construction industry. It is mapped to existing literature in relevant domains. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35963 Inderscience Publishers restricted |
| spellingShingle | virtual organisations health records world wide web online organisations physical workshops Coventry occupational health web based organisations construction industry supply disruption West Midlands occupational safety networks networking safety records SMEs supply chain management UK staff absence United Kingdom SCM small and medium-sized enterprises Birmingham large organisations internet evaluation frameworks Lehaney, B. Diugwu, I. Willemyns, M. Hosie, Peter A Survey that Contributes to the Development of a Framework to Evaluate Health and Safety Strategies in Supply Chains |
| title | A Survey that Contributes to the Development of a Framework to Evaluate Health and Safety Strategies in Supply Chains |
| title_full | A Survey that Contributes to the Development of a Framework to Evaluate Health and Safety Strategies in Supply Chains |
| title_fullStr | A Survey that Contributes to the Development of a Framework to Evaluate Health and Safety Strategies in Supply Chains |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Survey that Contributes to the Development of a Framework to Evaluate Health and Safety Strategies in Supply Chains |
| title_short | A Survey that Contributes to the Development of a Framework to Evaluate Health and Safety Strategies in Supply Chains |
| title_sort | survey that contributes to the development of a framework to evaluate health and safety strategies in supply chains |
| topic | virtual organisations health records world wide web online organisations physical workshops Coventry occupational health web based organisations construction industry supply disruption West Midlands occupational safety networks networking safety records SMEs supply chain management UK staff absence United Kingdom SCM small and medium-sized enterprises Birmingham large organisations internet evaluation frameworks |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35963 |