Question 1: (10)
Management plays an essential role in connecting and controlling a safety
culture for all employees inclusive of external role players. Several principles
can be implemented to enable Woolworths to mobilise its safety culture.
Advise on the principles that Woolworths can implement to ensure and
mobilise its organisational safety culture.
Work within the current cultural behaviour
Change cultural behaviour and a change in employee mind-set will follow in
time
Identify the focus of critical cultural behaviour
Deploy dependable informal managers and leaders
Do not allow formal managers and leaders to “get away with murder’
Link cultural behaviour to the organisations objectives.
To show commitment, ensure that immediate action is taken.
Allow cross-organisational and cross-department methods to go viral.
Align programmes to employee efforts and behaviours.
Manage cultural challenges actively as they arise (Smit, SJ & Masebe, MJ
2019, p.189)
Question 2: (10)
When management is seen to be passionate about the safety and general well-
being of its employees, there is a mind shift to establishing a safety culture
within the organisation. Employees believe they have, and can add value
thereby improving employee compliance. Identify the various factors that
influence safety culture.
Management and employee customs, beliefs and expectations.
Individual and workplace attitude
Values, myths and stories
Legislation and organisational policies and procedures
Management priorities, responsibilities and accountability
Management plays an essential role in connecting and controlling a safety
culture for all employees inclusive of external role players. Several principles
can be implemented to enable Woolworths to mobilise its safety culture.
Advise on the principles that Woolworths can implement to ensure and
mobilise its organisational safety culture.
Work within the current cultural behaviour
Change cultural behaviour and a change in employee mind-set will follow in
time
Identify the focus of critical cultural behaviour
Deploy dependable informal managers and leaders
Do not allow formal managers and leaders to “get away with murder’
Link cultural behaviour to the organisations objectives.
To show commitment, ensure that immediate action is taken.
Allow cross-organisational and cross-department methods to go viral.
Align programmes to employee efforts and behaviours.
Manage cultural challenges actively as they arise (Smit, SJ & Masebe, MJ
2019, p.189)
Question 2: (10)
When management is seen to be passionate about the safety and general well-
being of its employees, there is a mind shift to establishing a safety culture
within the organisation. Employees believe they have, and can add value
thereby improving employee compliance. Identify the various factors that
influence safety culture.
Management and employee customs, beliefs and expectations.
Individual and workplace attitude
Values, myths and stories
Legislation and organisational policies and procedures
Management priorities, responsibilities and accountability
