Özet:

The approach, which aims at becoming the best in every application and operation realizing every strategy that it has at a perfect level, has been referred to as World Class Manufacturing (WCM).  The synergic effect of WCM inherent in application and strategies will be helpful in taking businesses’ strength to the desired level in the current competitive environment. For businesses in applications of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) to perform at the top level will contribute to become the best, taking one step forward from its competitors. In this sense, Larry Hansen’s model, which defines the success of World Class Safety (WCS) as the function of safety culture, operational leadership, safety program and performance, has been a reference point for this study. Taking this model as the basis, in this study, it is aimed to scrutinize the effect of WCS constituents’  in a certain area of the businesses from the list of top 500 industrial firms in Turkey set for the year 2012 by the Aegean Region Chamber of Industry.

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