Dangerous Waters: Strategies for Improving Wellbeing at WorkISBN: 978-0-471-98265-4
Paperback
240 pages
July 1999
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Global competitive pressures and a relentless drive for
productivity and profitability improvement are features of
virtually all modern organisations. Staying in front requires a
faster and smarter performance each year, with continuous
improvement in all commercial activities a constant requirement for
business success. Yet employees, who ultimately turn business plans
into profit reality, are themselves under more pressure than ever
before. Social, domestic and economic responsibilities place
growing and conflicting demands on limited time. Physical ill
health and damaged wellbeing are frequently the largely invisible
result, with huge competitive and financial implications for the
companies who employ these workers. Health has moved from welfare
to a wealth issue. The effective management of employee health and
wellbeing is therefore set to become a point of differentiation for
companies who need to go on delighting their customers and
shareholders alike.
This book is a guide through "dangerous waters". It is written to help you understand the real commercial benefits of improving employee wellbeing and how, if this area is neglected it can, despite all the information systems, all the forecasting skills and all the business acumen, sink the organisation. In addition, the authors assert that it is companies who recognise and proactively manage these very real threats in order to improve employee health and wellbeing, who will unleash the enormous potential for increased productivity, profitability and creativity that lies within each one of their employees. Dangerous Waters provides:
* A practical guide for managers in gaining an understanding the extent and true cost of current employee ill health
* Clear guidelines on building towards a strategy for corporate health and therefore corporate wealth improvement
* An integrated approach to the management of attendance, quality, innovation and customer service
No manager, be they Chief Executive, Human Resources, Senior or Line can afford to miss the message of this book.
This book is a guide through "dangerous waters". It is written to help you understand the real commercial benefits of improving employee wellbeing and how, if this area is neglected it can, despite all the information systems, all the forecasting skills and all the business acumen, sink the organisation. In addition, the authors assert that it is companies who recognise and proactively manage these very real threats in order to improve employee health and wellbeing, who will unleash the enormous potential for increased productivity, profitability and creativity that lies within each one of their employees. Dangerous Waters provides:
* A practical guide for managers in gaining an understanding the extent and true cost of current employee ill health
* Clear guidelines on building towards a strategy for corporate health and therefore corporate wealth improvement
* An integrated approach to the management of attendance, quality, innovation and customer service
No manager, be they Chief Executive, Human Resources, Senior or Line can afford to miss the message of this book.