The relationships between safety management and safety performance: A case study at the Mitisa Holdings Sdn Bhd

The relationships between safety management and safety performance: A case study at the Mitisa Holdings Sdn Bhd

This study was carried out to investigate current practices in safety aspects with emphasize on relationship between safety management and safety performance among construction employees. Construction sector are very important where it is giving to develop the economy growth in our country. In const...

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Main Author: Abd. Halim, Ya
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
eng
Published: 2012
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TS155-194 Production management
Operations management
Online Access:https://etd.uum.edu.my/3182/1/ABD.HALIM_YA.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/3182/2/ABD.HALIM_YA_12.pdf
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topic TS155-194 Production management
Operations management
TS155-194 Production management
Operations management
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Operations management
TS155-194 Production management
Operations management
Abd. Halim, Ya
The relationships between safety management and safety performance: A case study at the Mitisa Holdings Sdn Bhd
description This study was carried out to investigate current practices in safety aspects with emphasize on relationship between safety management and safety performance among construction employees. Construction sector are very important where it is giving to develop the economy growth in our country. In construction industry the most important are human capital. Safety is an important issue in the current trend, but many employees and nor the employers feel for its vital process to the safety success in the long term. This study applied the questionnaire survey which involved 100 respondent from various position. The finding reveals that the safety management has been implemented effectively and successful reduce the risk of accident at the workplace. Data analysis shows that Mitisa Holdings Sdn Bhd has applied the proper safety management at the worksite with accident percentage less than 5%. Futhermore the correlation analysis shows that there positive relationship between safety management and safety performance.
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author Abd. Halim, Ya
author_facet Abd. Halim, Ya
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title The relationships between safety management and safety performance: A case study at the Mitisa Holdings Sdn Bhd
title_short The relationships between safety management and safety performance: A case study at the Mitisa Holdings Sdn Bhd
title_full The relationships between safety management and safety performance: A case study at the Mitisa Holdings Sdn Bhd
title_fullStr The relationships between safety management and safety performance: A case study at the Mitisa Holdings Sdn Bhd
title_full_unstemmed The relationships between safety management and safety performance: A case study at the Mitisa Holdings Sdn Bhd
title_sort relationships between safety management and safety performance: a case study at the mitisa holdings sdn bhd
granting_institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business
publishDate 2012
url https://etd.uum.edu.my/3182/1/ABD.HALIM_YA.pdf
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spelling my-uum-etd.31822022-04-13T04:23:20Z The relationships between safety management and safety performance: A case study at the Mitisa Holdings Sdn Bhd 2012-04 Abd. Halim, Ya Abd. Aziz, Fadzli Shah Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business College of Business TS155-194 Production management. Operations management HD4801-8943 Labor. Work. Working Class This study was carried out to investigate current practices in safety aspects with emphasize on relationship between safety management and safety performance among construction employees. Construction sector are very important where it is giving to develop the economy growth in our country. In construction industry the most important are human capital. Safety is an important issue in the current trend, but many employees and nor the employers feel for its vital process to the safety success in the long term. This study applied the questionnaire survey which involved 100 respondent from various position. The finding reveals that the safety management has been implemented effectively and successful reduce the risk of accident at the workplace. Data analysis shows that Mitisa Holdings Sdn Bhd has applied the proper safety management at the worksite with accident percentage less than 5%. Futhermore the correlation analysis shows that there positive relationship between safety management and safety performance. 2012-04 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/3182/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/3182/1/ABD.HALIM_YA.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/3182/2/ABD.HALIM_YA_12.pdf text eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Abd Aziz,F.S. (2008). Safety culture and commitment to safety in the Malaysian Railway System, Unpublished doctorate thesis, University of Nottingham, UK. Ahmadon B,Rosli MZ, Mohd Saidin M & Abdul Hakim M (2006) Occupational Safety and health (OSH) management systems : Toward development of safety and health culture. 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