Nearly one third of all occupational diseases recognised annually in the EU are related to exposure to chemical substances and it is widely accepted that this represents only a small fraction of the full extent of harm caused by occupational exposure to hazardous substances. The European chemical industry is the largest in the world but it is by no means the only source of occupational exposure to chemical hazards, because chemical products are both used and are bi-products in many diverse forms of work. This book is a study of strategic approaches to managing the risks of working with hazardous substances in Europe. Its central theme concerns the widening gap between debates and developments at national and international levels concerning safety in the use of chemical substances at work in the European Union and practices within workplaces especially within the small and medium-sized workplaces that constitute the vast majority of establishments in which people work in Europe. It sets out to discover what drives informed and competent risk management in chemical health and safety and what role occupational exposure limits play in this process. The subject is particularly topical in the light of emerging strategies on chemical risks at EU level, the future impact of REACH and the significant changes that are occurring in legislative approaches to setting and using exposure limits at national levels in most EU countries. The continuing expansion of the Community to include a range of new member states, with chemical health and safety systems that are considerably less sophisticated than those presently found in northern European member states, makes the book especially timely. It deals with a subject that is a core concern of national and EU level policy makers, regulators, OHS practitioners, employers and trade unions alike. The Authors David Walters is TUC Professor of Work Environment at Cardiff University and formerly Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety at South Bank University. Karola Grodzki, at the time her research for this book was undertaken, was Research Fellow at the Centre for Industrial and Environmental Safety and Health, South Bank University. She is currently employed by the European Commission. The views expressed in the book are purely those of the author/writer and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating the official position of the European Commission.

Beyond Limits?: Dealing with Chemical Risks at Work in Europe

Business & Money

Walters, David

Grodzki, Karola

Economics

Emerald Publishing

Introduction to Security has been the leading text on private security for over thirty years. Celebrated for its balanced and professional approach, this new edition gives future security professionals a broad, solid base that prepares them to serve in a variety of positions. Security is a diverse and rapidly growing field that is immune to outsourcing. The author team as well as an outstanding group of subject-matter experts combine their knowledge and experience with a full package of materials geared to experiential learning. As a recommended title for security certifications, and an information source for the military, this is an essential reference for all security professionals. This timely revision expands on key topics and adds new material on important issues in the 21st century environment such as the importance of communication skills; the value of education; internet-related security risks; changing business paradigms; and brand protection.

Introduction to Security

Fischer Ph.D., Robert

Halibozek MBA, Edward

Management & Leadership

Butterworth-Heinemann

Introduction to Security, Tenth Edition, provides an overview of the security industry with an emphasis on the theories of security and loss prevention that have shaped the profession. Security is covered in totality, providing readers with a glimpse of the various and diverse components that make up the security function. This updated book is the latest edition in what has historically been the go-to textbook on the subject for more than 30 years. While this fully updated edition continues to utilize the basic concepts that have made this text the premier primer in the security field, it also focuses heavily on current and future security issues.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Retail Marketing: Theory and Practice

Industries

PRENTICE/HALL

Presents all the necessary facts and figures, content and concepts, in a diagrammatic way. This visual approach helps students to understand and remember information. The book can be used as a teaching aid to introduce/conclude class topics, or by students at home, particularly at revision time.

AS and A Level Physical Education Through Diagrams (Oxford Revision Guides)

Education & Teaching

Jones, Gillian

Morton, David

Baugniet, Nicholas

Schools & Teaching

Oxford University Press

A cutting edge look at the experience of worker representation in the employment relations of workplace health and safety. Examining the extent to which existing arrangements deliver results, this book reflects on whether the effectiveness of worker representation is eroded or enhanced by current regulatory and organizational constructs.

Workplace Health and Safety: International Perspectives on Worker Representation

Nichols, Theo

Business Culture

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

The value chain framework has made its way to the forefront of management thought as a powerful analysis tool for strategic planning. Its ultimate goal is to maximize value creation while minimizing costs. In this book David Walters applies the framework to strategic decision making in the field of operations management. Companion Website: http://www.palgrave.com/business/walters/

Strategic Operations Management: A Value Chain Approach

Red Globe Press

Operations Strategy seeks to combine knowledge management, relationship management, and advances in technology to inform the development of strategic advantage. The text adopts a value chain approach, making it ideal for higher level modules. It contains a number of features to aid the learning process--chapter introductions, chapter summaries, further reading, and boxed features.

Operations Strategy: A Value Chain Approach

Palgrave

Examines regulatory and other strategies for improving chemical risk management in small enterprises in the European Union. This book considers what supports are necessary to secure the implementation of these strategies and is particularly concerned with the role of chemical product supply as envisaged by REACH.

Within Reach? (Work, Health and Environment Series)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Routledge

Design First: Design-based planning for communities

Well-grounded in the history and theory of Anglo-American urbanism, this illustrated textbook sets out objectives, policies and design principles for planning new communities and redeveloping existing urban neighborhoods. Drawing from their extensive experience, the authors explain how better plans (and consequently better places) can be created by applying the three-dimensional principles of urban design and physical place-making to planning problems. Design First uses case studies from the authors' own professional projects to demonstrate how theory can be turned into effective practice, using concepts of traditional urban form to resolve contemporary planning and design issues in American communities. The book is aimed at architects, planners, developers, planning commissioners, elected officials and citizens -- and, importantly, students of architecture and planning -- with the objective of reintegrating three-dimensional design firmly back into planning practice. ·Focus and emphasis on planning by 3-D design ·Clear and practical presentation of how communities can improve their town planning processes ·Case studies illustrate the practice and implementation of ideas

Arts & Photography

Brown, Linda

Architecture

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