A Theoretical Framework to ISO 45001:2018 OHS Management System: The Improvement of Its Application Steps by Quality Circles

Year 2025, EARLY VIEW, 1 - 1

Aylin Adem , Burcu Yılmaz Kaya , Metin Dağdeviren

https://doi.org/10.2339/politeknik.1554869

Abstract

ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety management systems operate their processes by taking employee participation of its center. A systematic and strategic improvement can be achieved for ISO 45001:2018 through quality circles approach by spreading managerial activities throughout the enterprise and integrating into the implementation steps. In this study, to improve and facilitate ISO 45001:2018 implementation steps, a new process proposal was conducted to ensure this integration and critical success factors of it were determined. The relative importance weights of these determined critical points were calculated with the fuzzy extension of the Analytic Hierarchy Process. Planning and regular checking of results were determined as the most important main and sub-key factors, respectively. The main contribution to the literature of this paper is to transform ISO 45001:2018's unique application phases into a holistic problem-solving approach using quality circles. As a result, both worker participation and the safety culture that ISO 45001:2018 aims to promote has been able to permeate across the organization. The secondary contribution of this study is determining which process steps to prioritize to achieve success quickly and securely and doing so with an analytical approach.

Keywords

ISO 45001:2018, sustainability, quality circles, strategic management, spherical fuzzy AHP

ISO 45001:2018 İSG Yönetim Sisteminin Teorik Çerçevesi: Uygulama Adımlarının Kalite Çemberleri Tarafından İyileştirilmesi

Abstract

ISO 45001:2018 İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği yönetim sistemleri süreçlerini çalışanların katılımını merkeze alarak yürütmektedir. Yönetimsel faaliyetlerin işletme geneline yayılması ve uygulama adımlarına entegre edilmesiyle kalite çemberleri yaklaşımı kullanılarak ISO 45001:2018 için sistematik ve stratejik bir iyileştirme sağlanabilir. Bu çalışmada ISO 45001:2018 uygulama adımlarını iyileştirmek ve kolaylaştırmak amacıyla bu entegrasyonu sağlayacak yeni bir süreç önerisi yapılmış ve kritik başarı faktörleri belirlenmiştir. Belirlenen bu kritik faktörlerin göreli önem ağırlıkları Analitik Hiyerarşi Sürecinin bulanık genişlemesi kullanılarak hesaplanmıştır. Sonuçların planlanması ve düzenli olarak kontrol edilmesi sırasıyla en önemli ana ve alt anahtar faktörler olarak belirlenmiştir. Bu makalenin literatüre yaptığı temel katkı, ISO 45001:2018'in benzersiz uygulama aşamalarını kalite çemberlerini kullanarak bütünsel bir problem çözme yaklaşımına dönüştürmektir. Sonuç olarak, hem çalışanların katılımı hem de ISO 45001:2018'in teşvik etmeyi amaçladığı güvenlik kültürü, bu bakış açısıyla kuruluş geneline nüfuz edebilecektir. Bu çalışmanın ikincil katkısı ise başarıya hızlı ve güvenli bir şekilde ulaşmak için hangi süreç adımlarına öncelik verilmesi gerektiğinin belirlenmesi ve bunun analitik bir yaklaşımla yapılmasıdır.

Keywords

ISO 45001:2018, sürdürülebilirlik, kalite çemberleri, stratejik yönetim, küresel bulanık AHP

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