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Global and technological transformation is changing work and
learning. A broader understanding of prevention and cultural change
associated with it is putting new demands on companies and their
employees. People and organizations need suitable competences to
deal with this transformation. They need to be empowered to shape
decent living and working conditions. Safety and Health Competence:
A Guide for Cultures of Prevention is written in the context of
work and health. The use of a social-constructive and a context
sensitive approach to competence in occupational safety and health
is new and forms a theoretical basis for putting into place the
necessary learning processes for cultural transformation in
companies and educational institutions. Covers a broad range of new
demands placed on companies and employees in this age of global and
technological transformation Provides assistance with a better
understanding of the current debate on occupational safety and
health (OSH) competences Presents a comprehensive source of
information for OSH experts, human resource specialists,
educational institutions, training development specialists,
teachers, and trainers, allowing them to identify competence needs,
promote competence development, and assess competences Explains
what the concept culture of prevention means Offers real-life
examples that will appeal to practitioners
Safety is an important aspect of everyday business operations. It
can have an impact on the operations of an enterprise as well as
the wellbeing of the workers. Literature shows that SMEs face extra
problems in this area due to limited resources and lack of
knowledge. A potential accident on the premises, in many cases, has
devastating consequences. SMEs make up the vast majority of private
companies in the EU and beyond. Despite the importance of the
issue, the information found in literature is scattered and often
not aimed at SMEs. This book aims to gather the latest information
and become the full reference point for designing and adopting an
appropriate safety strategy for SMEs.
This two-volume book considers from a risk perspective the current
phenomenon of the new Alt-Right authoritarianism and whether it
represents real democracy or an unacceptable hegemony potentially
resulting in elected dictatorships and abuses as well as
dysfunctional government. Contributing authors represent an
eclectic range of disciplines, including cognitive, organizational
and political psychology, sociology, history, political science,
international relations, linguistics and discourse analysis, and
risk analysis. The Alt-Right threats and risk exposures, whether to
democracy, human rights, law and order, social welfare, racial
harmony, the economy, national security, the environment, and
international relations, are identified and analysed across a
number of selected countries. While Vol.1 (ISBN 978-3-8382-1153-4)
focusses on the US, Vol. 2 illuminates the phenomenon in the UK,
Austria, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Italy, Hungary, and
Russia. Potential strategies to limit the Alt-Right threat are
proposed.
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