Emmett E A
National Occupational Health and Safety Commission, Sydney, Australia.
J Occup Environ Med. 1996 Nov;38(11):1124-34. doi: 10.1097/00043764-199611000-00012.
The world of work is changing rapidly. Occupational health and safety and environmental health increasingly are seen as a joint product with goods and services, requiring line-management responsibility. This new specialty is encouraged to be strategic rather than tactical to optimize its value in the core business of industry-related medical needs. Because employers, governments, and workers bear major costs, they have a strategic interest in outcomes. Strategic opportunities exist for reduction of the impact of occupational injury and disease; stewardship of the environment, product, and process; the reduction of non-occupational health care costs; for having occupational and environmental health and safety follow best business practices and be prominent in the leadership of change; for optimizing human relations/labor policies and practices; and for meeting regulatory requirements. The strategic position of the specialty can be strengthened through discussion, dialogue and vision development, role definition, establishment and use of performance indicators, improved career structures and training, and a proactive approach to qualify initiatives, research, marketing, and strategic alliances.
工作领域正在迅速变化。职业健康与安全以及环境卫生越来越被视为与商品和服务的联合产物，需要直线管理责任。鼓励这一新专业从战略而非战术角度出发，以在与行业相关的医疗需求的核心业务中优化其价值。由于雇主、政府和工人承担着主要成本，他们对结果有着战略利益。存在着诸多战略机遇，包括减少职业伤害和疾病的影响；对环境、产品和流程进行管理；降低非职业医疗保健成本；使职业与环境卫生及安全遵循最佳商业惯例并在变革引领中占据突出地位；优化人际关系/劳工政策与做法；以及满足监管要求。通过讨论、对话和愿景制定、角色定义、绩效指标的建立与使用、改善职业结构和培训，以及对资格认证举措、研究、营销和战略联盟采取积极主动的方法，可以加强该专业的战略地位。
