ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses managers in businesses, or other organisations, setting out clear responsibilities and lines of communications for everyone in the enterprise. The policy sets the direction for health and safety within the enterprise and forms the written intentions of the principals or directors of the business. In 1972, the Robens Report recognised that the introduction of health and safety management systems was essential if the ideal of self-regulation of health and safety by industry was to be realised. A positive health and safety culture needs the involvement of the whole workforce just as a successful quality system does. Managers at all levels of the organisation must show their commitment to health and safety by leading through example and ensuring that adequate resources in terms of time, money and people, are allocated to health and safety management. Managers should be accountable for health and safety within their departments and be rewarded for significant improvements in health and safety performance.
