Preparing a brief research report on monitoring and measuring techniques.

Prepare a brief research report that:

critically reviews techniques for monitoring and measuring health and safety performance

evaluates the effectiveness of your chosen organization's health and safety monitoring and measuring techniques

makes TWO recommendations for improving the monitoring and measuring techniques used in your chosen organization.

Your research report must be presented in the following format (see marking descriptors for further information)

Executive summary.

Introduction containing aims/objectives, methodology and introduction to the topic.

Critical review which briefly, but critically, reviews techniques for monitoring and measuring health and safety performance. This must draw from a range of reliable reference sources such as authoritative guidance, expert opinions, and other evidence. References for the cited evidence should use a recognised referencing style (Harvard, Vancouver, OSCOLA, etc). The learner can choose which style to use, but the style must be used consistently throughout the report.

Brief analysis of the effectiveness of your chosen organisations health and safety monitoring and measuring techniques. This is effectively a brief gap analysis or commentary comparing your organisation to good practice/effective insights that you have determined from your critical review. It should include examples from the workplace to support the analysis.

Conclusion a summary of findings that includes

- A clear outline of TWO recommendations for improving the monitoring and measuring techniques used in your chosen organization.

- A justification for EACH of your recommendations. The justifications must include links back to the research carried out in the introduction to show that they logically follow, and that they would most likely be effective.

- List of Reference sources cited.