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Occupational Health and Safety Management Principles Study Guide

This guide delves into the fundamental aspects of organizational culture, explaining how it shapes employee behavior and influences strategic decision-making. It covers the concept of culture as a behavioral compass, the spectrum of decision-making power from empowerment to control, and the balance between individual achievement and team collaboration. Essential for students of management and leaders seeking to foster effective work environments.

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Legal Frameworks and Human Rights in HRM

Operating Within the Legal Framework

This content discusses the legal framework of HRM in Canada, including the impact of laws on the behaviour and actions of managers.

  • Legal framework of HRM in Canada
  • Federal and provincial legislation
  • Constitutional convention
  • Statute law
  • Common law
  • Employment equity, diversity, and inclusion
  • Discrimination and harassment in the workplace
  • Ethics in human resources management
  • Canada Labour Code
  • Canadian Human Rights Act
  • Personal Information Protection and Electronics Documents Act (PIPEDA)

Human Rights Legislation and Employment Discrimination

This content examines human rights legislation, systemic discrimination, bona fide occupational requirements, and the duty to accommodate through reasonable accommodation.

  • Human Rights Legislation
  • Discrimination
  • Systemic Discrimination
  • Bona Fide Occupational Qualification
  • Duty to Accommodate
  • Reasonable Accommodation
  • Undue Hardship

Workplace Discrimination and Harassment Management

This content discusses reverse discrimination, workplace harassment, and the enforcement of human rights legislation.

  • Reverse Discrimination
  • Harassment
  • Reasonable Person Concept
  • Enforcement of Human Rights Legislation
  • Resolution and Reconciliation

Employment and Labour Legislation Overview

This topic covers employment standards legislation, labour relations legislation, health and safety legislation, and employment equity processes.

  • Employment Standards Legislation
  • Unpaid overtime
  • Labour Relations Legislation
  • Health and Safety Legislation
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Employment Equity
  • Designated Groups
  • Pay Equity
  • Gender wage gap

Diversity, Inclusion, and Organizational Ethics

Organizational policies and practices regarding diversity, inclusion, and ethics to support business objectives and govern relationships.

  • Diversity
  • Inclusion
  • Organizational Ethics
  • Code of ethics
  • Bona Fide Occupational Qualification

Dimensions of Organizational Culture

Understand how culture acts as a compass for employee behavior, focusing on decision-making impact, empowerment vs. control, and individual vs. team orientation.

  • Organizational culture as a compass
  • Decision-making impact
  • Autonomy vs. hierarchy
  • Empowerment
  • Centralization
  • Individual orientation
  • Team orientation
  • Employee behavior
  • Workplace norms
  • Organizational values

Systemic Discrimination in Recruitment

Analyze how non-job-related policies, such as word-of-mouth recruitment, can unintentionally exclude specific groups from the workforce.

Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications (BFOQ)

Understand the legal justifications for discrimination based on business necessity, safety, or effectiveness (e.g., age requirements for alcohol sales).

Duty to Accommodate

Explore the legal requirement for employers to adjust working conditions to prevent discrimination, including the role of medical examinations.

Case Studies in Discrimination

Apply legal concepts to real-world scenarios involving sex, race, disability, and physical characteristics.

Foundations of HRM and Occupational Safety

Promoting Employee Health and Safety

This chapter discusses organizational culture, its impact on employees, and the relationship between culture and employee engagement.

  • organizational culture
  • employee engagement
  • occupational health and safety
  • work environment
  • employee commitment
  • managerial support
  • job design
  • career development

Occupational Health and Safety Management

Organizations must create and reinforce a culture of health and safety through monitoring, investigating, and identifying health and safety hazards.

  • Occupational injury
  • Occupational illness
  • Occupational disease
  • Joint Health and Safety Committees
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Worksafe BC
  • WHMIS
  • Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
  • Workplace Security
  • Workplace Violence
  • Workplace Bullying
  • Stress in the Workplace
  • Disability Management
  • Employee Assistance Programs

Exploring Why HRM Matters

Human resources management is an integrated set of systems, practices, and policies in an organization that focuses on the effective deployment and development of its employees.

  • Human resources management (HRM)
  • HRM systems, practices, and policies
  • Manager and HR professional partnership
  • Global economy
  • Business sector changes
  • Technology and AI
  • Quality management
  • Human capital
  • Demographics
  • Business strategy and HRM strategy link

Linking Business Strategy and HRM Strategy

Human Resources Management involves the development and implementation of HRM systems, practices, and policies that enable human capital to achieve business objectives.

  • Generations at Work
  • Employee Expectations
  • Corporate strategy
  • Business strategy
  • Competitive advantage
  • Human Resources Management
  • Human capital

Job Analysis and Job Design Principles

  • Job analysis
  • Competency-based approach
  • Job design
  • Organizational objectives
  • Job Characteristics Model
  • Skill variety
  • Task identity
  • Task significance
  • Autonomy
  • Feedback
  • Employee empowerment
  • Employee teams
  • Virtual teams
  • Non-traditional employment
  • Job crafting

Crisis Management and Response

Explore the role of formal crisis management teams in investigating threats and developing action plans for violent situations.

Preventative Screening and Training

Learn about screening job applicants for violence propensities and providing specialized training for managers and staff.

Planning, Recruiting, and Designing Work

Planning, Recruiting, and Selecting Employees

This chapter discusses the human resource planning process to ensure an organization has people with the right competencies to achieve desired objectives.

  • human resource planning
  • recruitment
  • selection process
  • employment interview
  • employment assessments
  • forecast demand for labour
  • determine supply of labour
  • oversupply of labour
  • shortage of labour
  • quantitative approach

Recruitment and Selection Processes

The recruitment process involves locating and encouraging people to apply for jobs, while selection is the process of choosing from the pool of applicants and hiring individuals to fulfill job requirements.

  • Recruitment
  • The Recruitment Process
  • Employment Branding
  • Internal Recruitment
  • Human Resources Management Systems
  • Succession Planning
  • Internal Job Postings
  • External Recruitment
  • Labour market considerations
  • Selection
  • Bona Fide Occupational Qualification
  • Systemic Discrimination
  • Blind Recruitment

Selection Procedures and Interviewing Methods

This topic covers reliability, validity, and various interviewing methods including structured questions and behavioural description interviews.

  • Reliability
  • Validity
  • Interviewing Methods
  • One-on-one Interview
  • Panel Interview
  • Telephone Interview
  • Technology based Interview
  • Structured questions
  • Behavioural description interview (BDI)
  • Situational questions
  • Unstructured questions
  • Interview Guidelines
  • Behavioural profile
  • Critical incidents

Employment Assessments and Hiring Decisions

This material covers employment assessments, making the hiring decision, and evaluating the selection process.

  • Cognitive ability tests
  • Personality and interest inventories
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Physical ability tests
  • Job sample tests
  • Substance abuse testing
  • Motivation-based interview questions
  • Clinical versus statistical approach
  • Cost per hire
  • Time to hire

Defining, Analyzing, and Designing Work

This material covers the relationship between job analysis and HRM processes, including the roles of managers and employees in defining work.

  • Job
  • Position
  • Work
  • Role
  • Job Analysis
  • Job Description
  • Job Design
  • Employee's role in defining work
  • Individual interviews
  • Diary/Work log
  • National Occupations Classification

Developing Effective Job Descriptions

A job description is a document that lists tasks, duties, responsibilities, skills, knowledge, and abilities needed to perform work.

  • Job Description Components
  • Writing Clear and Specific Job Descriptions
  • Problems with Job Descriptions
  • Legal Considerations for Job Descriptions
  • Uses of Information from Job Analysis
  • Performance Standards
  • Human Rights Legislation

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