Managers’ Role In Plan For Safety Of Environment

Importance of Managers in Developing Cultural Practice of Environmental and Social Practice

Rapid development ion the business activities and the indiscriminate use of resources both in form of human and minerals across the world lead to an ecological threat. It is important for the organisations to express more concerns regarding the plan for safety of environment and in response to this, the role of the managers is highly significant and pivotal. Therefore, this literature review is going to discuss various policies and strategies in different business sectors taken by the managers in order to foster a safety of environment. Moreover, in course of the discussion, the literature review also tries to find out the risk factors and the resolving tools that the managers imbibe and the impact of these measures in plan for safety of environment.

The responsibility of the managers are considered to be an important aspect in the context of environmental safety. According to Johnson (2015) the managers are entitled to develop a cultural practice of environmental and social practice that has an extensive impact on the external safety of the environment. In course of planning safety framework, the managers seek helps of some tools particularly for the purpose of effective decision making and put their primary focus on the environmental and social aspects. In his words, Montiel, Antolin-Lopez & Gallo (2018) ascribed that utilisation of these tools will lead towards improving the social and environmental performance for the organisation. In this context, the important tools are identified as the accounting tools, environmental and social audits. Benchmarking tools and employee development tools that are ostensibly connected with the plan for safety of environment framework. In this context, Laszlo & Zhexembayeva (2017) have argued that the 21^st century corporations are reflecting grave concern for the plan for safety of environment and embedded the frameworks and methods so intricately that the policy guides them to ensure the future business opportunities in the market. Based on this understanding, Qu, Liu, Nayak & Li (2015) proved that the managerial perspective puts more emphasis on plan for safety of environment in China. As a matter of fact, the Chinese organisations creates an orientation towards environmental stewardship by facilitating the industrial ecology. In respect to this, the industries are started planting fertilizer plants, pulp plants and tried to build up eco-industrial parks as a response of the environmental awareness of the organisational managers that influence the decision of the higher authority as well.

However, Omardin, Abidin & Ali (2015) highlighted the case scenario of the Malaysian construction industry where the project managers intended to set up plan for safety of environment in the pre-construction phase. Community development and facilitating an eco-friendly orientation are the key factors that the Malaysian Construction industry is resembled with nowadays. As per the research conducted by Alcaraz et al. (2015) it can be opined that the environmental issues become a subject of enquiry in the Malaysian construction sector as a part of the managerial interventions in this regard. On the other hand, Hockerts (2015) developed an understanding regarding the role of the HRMs in contributing to the plan for safety of environment. The research revealed that the activities of the HR managers transcended beyond the common tasks of recruiting and managing employees. Today, the HR managers are also involved in the activities of making the world safe environmentally. In response to this, the HR architectural framework is considered to be an important element to bolster the way towards plan for safety of environment.

Tools Employed by Managers to Enhance Social and Environmental Performance

In addition to this, the cognitive approach creates an in-depth analysis of the decision making procedure of the managers. In this regard, Young et al. (2015) had opined that the decision making process is a metal model of understanding where the managers are used to give ample enough information regarding environmental safety in the way of business. As a matter of fact, the guiding information, structural analysis and the role of the analytical abilities of the managers pave the way for the organisations to set some new principles and guidelines in order to foster plan for safety of environment. In this regard, it can be argued that the cognitive model is a complex mental structure that is associated with the dimensions that an individual seeks in order to manage an information environment. Henceforth, the integration of the cognitive model is pertinent for the managers to figure out the problems related to the plan for safety of environment and helps the managers to take decision in order to mitigate the environmental issues (Hockerts, 2015).

The purpose of this literature review is to identify the possible aspects of managers and their commitment to environemental safety. In this regard, the role of the project managers are highly significant and essential subject of understanding. According to Benitez-Amado, Llorens-Montes & Fernandez-Perez (2015) the project managers have to deal with every aspects of the projects in order to make it a success. However, in most of the cases, the project managers fail to assess the consequences of the project. The consequences are comprised with not only the impact of the project on the business activities of the company rather it also encapsulates the vision of the impact of the project on the environment. The project managers often overlook the later one and put all the focus on the organisational profit. This should not be done because environmental safety is also an important aspect for the organisation to retain its future existence in the market. Therefore, in the recent times, the organisations ventilates their concerns related to the plan for safety of environment. As the project managers are directly connected with the projects therefore they can be identified as the protagonists to develop a framework that is intricately associated with the plan for safety of environment and the success of the project as well. In this context, motivation plays a major role to influence the project managers. As far as the study of Al-Zu’bi (2016) is concerned, it can be ascribed that plan for safety of environment is not only restricted its orientation for the benefit of the ecology but also reflects a robust impression on the organisation in the form of enhancing the value of the organisations.

Different Managerial Perspectives on Plan for Safety of Environment

On the other hand, Martens & Carvalho (2017) argued that recently the project managers are very determined and committed to the process of ensuring effectiveness in project management. As a matter of fact, the prospect of the plan for safety of environment seems so important for the organisations that most of the companies are willing to incorporate the concept of environemental safety in their aims and objectives. As a result of that it puts more pressure on the project managers to employ new methods and tools in order to preserve a business orientation towards ecological safety. In this context, the green information system is considered to be one of the major aspect to imply grave impact on the organisational operational framework. In the study on the green information system, Asdrubali, Baldinelli, Bianchi & Sambuco (2015) argued that this system is highly committed to project a green orientation in its mechanism with the perception to protect environemental safety. Therefore, the green information system is necessary for the project managers for facilitating and maintain an eco-design information in terms of analysing the materials and energy consumptions, reuse, recycling and material retrieval and disposal.

In addition to this, Marcelino-Sádaba, González-Jaen & Pérez-Ezcurdia (2015) advocated about the introduction of talent management controlled by the Information Technology in order to create environmental plan for safety of environment. It can be argued that the IT mechanism has both the ability to damage the environment and at the same time increase the efficiency of the resources that are entitled to develop a healthy environment. Furthermore, Little, Hester & Carey (2016) showed the vitality of the environmental safety rating system LEED and ITACA. The study mainly encircled the residential buildings but can be understood in case of the construction project management as well. The LEED tool is used in USA whereas the ITACA framework is prevalent in Italy. Asdrubali, Baldinelli, Bianchi & Sambuco (2015) argued that the importance of constructing energy effective buildings in the developing countries is a growing trend with the ecological degradation facilitated by the indiscriminate use of energy. Therefore, constructing building with low environmental impact is very pivotal to deal with this challenging situation. In fact, the role of the construction project managers in this regard is highly significant because they are compelled to develop a perception that is environmental oriented. In course of the discussion, the research highlighted that both the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and the ITACA methods are very effective to re-establish environemental safety in a profound basis. In this regard, it can be argued that the effectiveness of these models are primarily vested on the role and leadership quality of the managers and their ability to analyse the importance of the plan for safety of environment. On the other hand, Martens & Carvalho (2017) prescribed a number of measures that the managers must take in order to establish better eco-friendly business orientation. The methods are identified in the name of green accounting, green engineering and the whole system design and the role of the managers in all the frameworks is quite significant and specific.

Role of Project Managers in Developing a Framework for Plan for Safety of Environment

In addition to this, the role of a supply chain manager is also important in the context of the wider spectrum of the managers’ planning to foster plan for safety of environment. In this context, Björklund, Forslund & Persdotter Isaksson (2016) have argued that the growing opportunities and competition in the retailing sectors pushed the retail managers to implement ecological safety framework. Therefore, the retail managers put emphasis on the raw materials, in and outbound logistics, production, reverse logistics and marketing. Moreover, the study also reflects the environmental considerations in terms of the local suppliers, design of the purchase products and training of the suppliers that are influenced by the intervention of the supply chain managers as the managers are keenly intended to imply eco-friendly network. On the contrary, Wilhelm, Blome, Bhakoo & Paulraj (2016) identified the prevalence of the safeguarding practice in the supply chain management with the additional emphasis on the multi-tier supplier chain management. In this regard, the primary concern of the supply chain manager is to put concern over the supply of the products and its quality.

Even in the healthcare sector, the managers also referred as an essential factor in the course of establishing plan for safety of environment. As far as the case study of Bruns-Smith, Choy, Chong & Verma (2015) is concerned, it can be argued that the health care organisations are also responsible to effect a detrimental impact on the ecology. For an instance, hospital wastages and high energy consumptions are played a crucial factor paving the way for further damage. In response to this, it is the responsibility of the managers to take care of these issues and set a planning in order to mitigate the environmental challenges. Providing training and induction session and circulating the awareness inside the healthcare organisation are also considered to be primary task besides managing the human resource and committing towards maximising profits for the institute (Jones, Hillier & Comfort, 2016).

In addition to this, Ryan-Fogarty, O’Regan & Moles (2016) developed the understanding by putting more stress on the guest participation and the customer satisfaction. In this context, the practice of environemental safety in United States are very popular and it can be seen that the hospitality industries are getting interested in maintaining such practice. Sánchez-Ollero, García-Pozo & Marchante-Mera (2014) argued that the role of the customers and their demands are equally intertwined with fostering plan for safety of environment by the hotels. Water consumptions, using energy saving attitude and reducing waste are the determinant factors in this context.

Introduction of Talent Management by Information Technology to Facilitate a Plan for Safety of Environment

Conclusion

It can be concluded that the managers are played the most significant role in order to initiate plan for safety of environment programs on behalf of the organisations. Due to their designation as a mediator between the higher authority and the low level employees it becomes easier for the managers to convince all the stakeholders to participate in the eco-friendly programs. In this context, this report analysed perception of different industries to facilitate the safety measures and the importance of the manager to paves the way for the organisations to facilitate and effective and efficient eco-friendly measures for the benefit of the society and the business organisation.

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