ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines the organisational health and safety roles and responsibilities of employers, directors, managers and supervisors. It explains the concept of health and safety culture and its significance in the management of health and safety in an organisation. The chapter discusses the human factors which influence behaviour at work in a way that can affect health and safety. It explores how health and safety behaviour at work can be improved. The chapter describes about managers in businesses, or other organisations, setting out clear responsibilities and lines of communications for everyone in the enterprise. The health and safety responsibilities of all board members should be clearly articulated in the organisation’s statement of health and safety policy and arrangements. The nominated person will need to report regularly to the most senior management team and will be a director or principal of the organisation.
