After reading the articles on signaling and discipline, please address the following questions in your discussion post:

1. Identify, list, and describe two to three actions that senior management members could/should take to communicate to employees how management is committed to safety. Explain the difference and importance of responsibility, authority, and accountability. Describe who has the responsibility, authority, and accountability as it relates to the organization's safety culture/climate.
2. List six functional areas in a typical manufacturing organization, identify each functional area you listed as either "line" or "staff," and briefly explain why you identified them as such.
3. Finally, propose a strategy for how management can continuously evaluate and improve an organization's safety culture.
4. Include 2 references from the internet.