QASCO's Health, Safety Management, and Risk Management Analysis

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This report will be undertaking a very important aspect in the field of production and industrial management; by undertaking and analyzing the given case study of a steel manufacturing company of Qatar. This report will be structured by using five broad headings and heading will intend to answer the question asked on the stated case study. These five headings will try to cover all the necessary information and data that is relevant and necessary for making the answer of the asked question clear and adequate. The aspect of health and safety management will be discussed which are used extensively by large manufacturing organizations; also in various areas of government and business as well including public health, occupational safety, hospitals, and agencies regulating these industries. Risk management and risk assessment are also part of this discussion because of the connectedness with industrial and manufacturing processes in organizations. In the manufacturing industry there are few examples regarding the use of safety and quality risk management, but these are not comprehensive especially in the context of countries other than developed and western (Salaheldin, Zain, 2007).

Moreover, the vitality of quality and management systems will also be discussed and analyzed in this report in the context of QASCO which is Qatar based manufacturing company. Quality risk management and health & safety issues are a valuable element of an effective quality management system possessed by manufacturing organizations. It is stated in literature review that one of the most basic concern for organizations while job design is the safety of workers which makes it even more important and it also shows that for manufacturing firms the effectiveness ...

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