You are the safety manager for XYZ Company. XYZ has over 1000 employees at 6 sites in the United States and is planning to add 4 new locations. Your boss has asked you to develop a 1 hour presentation for the new safety and management level employees which have been recently hired to man the new operations. Specifically, your boss has asked that you address the fundamentals of management and specifically the management of the safety function within your presentation. For the other new managers, you have been asked to address basic management concepts/skills as well as address the questions below within your presentation. Your boss has requested that you provide her an OUTLINE and BRIEF EXPLANATION for each question below within your presentation:

Introduction

1. What is Management?

2. How are management functions utilized in the safety function?

3. What do safety professionals do within the workplace?

Planning

4. What type of issues and decision-making conditions do (safety) managers face?

5. What strategies do (safety) managers use within the planning process?

6. What reactions do employees have to organizational changes?

Organizing

7. What are the key elements in Organizational Design?

8. How are employees provided the needed (safety) skills and knowledge?

Leading

9. Identify one (1) Theory of Motivation and briefly explain this theory.

10. Identify one (1) Learning Theory and briefly explain.

Controlling

11. What is control and why is it important within the safety function?