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A strategic management model for evaluation of health, safety and environmental performance

Abbaspour, M ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2165-9
  3. Abstract:
  4. Strategic health, safety, and environmental management system (HSE-MS) involves systematic and cooperative planning in each phase of the lifecycle of a project to ensure that interaction among the industry group, client, contractor, stakeholder, and host community exists with the highest level of health, safety, and environmental standard performances. Therefore, it seems necessary to assess the HSE-MS performance of contractor(s) by a comparative strategic management model with the aim of continuous improvement. The present Strategic Management Model (SMM) has been illustrated by a case study and the results show that the model is a suitable management tool for decision making in a contract environment, especially in oil and gas fields and based on accepted international standards within the framework of management deming cycle. To develop this model, a data bank has been created, which includes the statistical data calculated by converting the HSE performance qualitative data into quantitative values. Based on this fact, the structure of the model has been formed by defining HSE performance indicators according to the HSE-MS model. Therefore, 178 indicators have been selected which have been grouped into four attributes. Model output provides quantitative measures of HSE-MS performance as a percentage of an ideal level with maximum possible score for each attribute. Defining the strengths and weaknesses of the contractor(s) is another capability of this model. On the other hand, this model provides a ranking that could be used as the basis for decision making at the contractors' pre-qualification phase or during the execution of the project
  5. Keywords:
  6. Environment ; Evaluation ; Continuous improvements ; Cooperative planning ; Data bank ; Health , safety , and environmental ; Industry groups ; International standards ; Management systems ; Management tool ; Model outputs ; Oil and gas fields ; Performance ; Performance indicators ; Pre-qualification ; Qualitative data ; Quantitative measures ; Quantitative values ; Statistical datas ; Strategic management ; Accident prevention ; Benchmarking ; Contractors ; Environmental management systems ; Health ; Management ; Oil fields ; Strategic planning ; Decision making ; Petrochemical agent ; Polyethylene terfetalate ; Pure terfetalic acid ; Unclassified drug ; Gas field ; Gas industry ; Oil field ; Oil industry ; Planning method ; Project assessment ; Qualitative analysis ; Quantitative analysis ; Safety ; Strategic approach ; Strategic environmental assessment ; Cooperation ; Data base ; Environmental management ; Environmental planning ; Health, safety, and environmental management system ; Human ; Leadership ; Manpower ; Mathematical analysis ; Nonbiological model ; Oil and gas field ; Quality control ; Responsibility ; Risk management ; Standardization ; Strategic management model ; Decision support techniques ; Environmental monitoring ; Environmental pollution ; Health surveys ; Humans ; Models, theoretical ; Safety management
  7. Source: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment ; Volume 184, Issue 5 , 2012 , Pages 2981-2991 ; 01676369 (ISSN)
  8. URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-011-2165-9