Health, safety and wellbeing at work: the visual management trap in workplace accidents
This article addresses the way in which Lean Management ideas have generated changes in the organization of work and led to the emergence of new control tools. Examining the functioning of these forms of management requires consideration of the technical and social dimensions of work insofar as thei...
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| Lenguaje: | Español |
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Facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la Universidad Nacional del Nordeste - UNNE
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/rfce/article/view/7157 |
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| Sumario: | This article addresses the way in which Lean Management ideas have generated changes in the organization of work and led to the emergence of new control tools. Examining the functioning of these forms of management requires consideration of the technical and social dimensions of work insofar as their success can be explained by their reliance on people’s initiative, and from this characteristic derives their impact on labor welfare. For this explanatory purpose, we use a specific example, the safety cross, as a tool derived from Visual Management, widely used in the field of prevention and safety at work in industrial sectors. First, the tradition from which visual devices originate and their familiarity with occupational health and safety control is reviewed. Then, the theoretical explanations available for the effect of the safety cross are considered, including psychological variables and social norms. Finally, we discuss the relevance of conceptually broadening the vision of psychosocial risks of work and occupational health towards a view that can address the paradoxes that derive from these management tools that we are confronted with in our daily work experience, and their consequences in terms of work-related discomfort and suffering. |
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