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Managerial skills for OHS management

Summary

After completing the course students
• have knowledge of the competencies that are essential for the position of OHS manager
• gaining knowledge about the SMS (safety management system) and its connection with other management systems
• acquire skills for the use of the basics of applied psychology in the context of industrial risk identification and the management system of risky industrial enterprises;
• acquire skills focused on increasing safety awareness and motivation employees to behave in safe way;
• increase competencies in soft skills necessary for position OHS manager;
• are aware of the safety culture and certain stages in terms of employee behavior at various levels;
• have information on the issue of the human factor in the field of occupational safety and accidents and can apply it in increasing safety in the company;
• are ready to apply safety leadership principles in practice
• are able to evaluate information from different resources and international OHS platforms and apply them in companies;
• are able apply the knowledge and choose right measures and prepare effective procedures for increasing OHS level in the enterprise.

Literature

KAHNEMAN, Daniel. Thinking, fast and slow. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. ISBN 9780374275631

Safety culture in nuclear installations: guidance for use in the enhancement of safety culture, IAEA, VIENNA, 2002 IAEA-TECDOC-1329 ISBN 92–0–119102–2

KLETZ, Trevor A. An engineer's view of human error. 3rd ed. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis, c2001. ISBN 978-1560329107 

Harter, Jim. First, Break All The Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently, Gallup Press, 2016, IBSN: 97815956211

Duhigg, Charles. The Power of Habits: Why We DO What We Do in Life and Business, Random House, 2012, ISBN: 1400069289 

Advised literature

HOLLNAGEL Erik. Safety-I and Safety-II: The Past and Future of Safety Management, Ashgate Publishing Company 2014, ISBN: 9781472423054

Key practical issues in strengthening safety culture: INSAG 15/a report by the International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group, - Vienna: Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 2002, ISBN 92-0-112202-0 


Language of instruction angličtina
Code 040-0714
Abbreviation MSOHSM
Course title Managerial skills for OHS management
Coordinating department Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator Mgr. Ivana Slováčková, Ph.D.