April 21, 2008 by
John Morelli | Filed under: Job Crafting in Action [1]
In the context of environmental managers, we are interested in how these managers craft their role in the organization — i.e., what they do in their jobs that is not part of their job description (not required by their formal job), in terms of (1) tasks they might perform, (2)interactions with various others within or outside their organizations to better do their jobs, and also (3) how they view their role in the organization (what does being an environmental manager mean for them? what is the meaning of their role/job for them?).
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April 28, 2008 by
NICOLAS HERNANDEZ and
amathew | Filed under: Collaboratory,Job Crafting in Action [1],RESEARCH CATEGORY: THE ROLE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER
An ecological basis for integrated environmental management
This paper addresses resolving environmental issues using an approach based on ecology and environmental values. This relates to job crafting as another approach environmental managers could use to successfully solve environmental problems.
The paper indicates that for the environmental manager to effectively manage the environment requires understanding of the essential properties of the environment to be managed. The environmental manager could craft his position to make him knowledgeable about the environment that he is required to work on or where the environmental manager is willing to make a difference.
The framework of the proposed approach is value-based and decision focused. It provides principles and assumptions that recognize and evaluate the interaction among physical and biological resources and the human use of these resources.
The paper also talks about the need to involve all stakeholders to make any environmental project a success. This is another very important skill that should be included in the job crafting process of an environmental manager
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April 28, 2008 by
NICOLAS HERNANDEZ and
amathew | Filed under: Collaboratory,Job Crafting in Action [1],RESEARCH CATEGORY: THE ROLE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER
Integrating Managers into Environmental Management Systems
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This article discusses strategies at how to be successful in implementing and administering an environmental managements system. I find these approaches very much related to the environmental manager job crafting. These are skills that the environmental could find very useful in implementing an environmental management system, but also these skills could be used to solve all kind of environmental issues and other problems.
The article focuses of some of the elements for resistance to the implementation of the systems and their approach to solve these issues is to work with management to see the benefits and the results from a system that receives the support from top management.
This approach is fundamental on any project and it should be part on any environmental manager job crafting process because as the article elaborate unless the direction is coming from the top, ‘permission’ is not acknowledged at the lower level. This goes from management to the plant workers.
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April 21, 2008 by
NICOLAS HERNANDEZ | Filed under: Job Crafting in Action [1],RESEARCH CATEGORY: THE ROLE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER
Hello, I feel very privileged to participate in the discussion of such important issues. I do not have any previous experience in EHS, but I would like to learn on how I can actively participate in preventing and reversing any future damage to the environment.
I read the article provide by Brenda Ghitulescu and I though it was a very good paper on how an individual can make a difference in a job, the several examples presented make it very clear that an individual can and will modify a job to fit their objectives. Job crafters want to make their work more meaningful and they will modify it in order to make a difference. It does not matter what kind of job it is. What is important is that job crafters will make a difference to the people they serve or to the organization they work for.
In the case of the Environmental Manager, I envision a person that will go beyond in just meeting the minimum regulations. This person will be working in preventing all wastes by involving everybody in the organization and educating them on the nature of the environment challenges we face. This person will procure the necessary resources to implement the necessary changes in the organization in order to prevent contamination, injuries and other hazards. This person will evaluate and enforce compliance of the company’s EHS policy.
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March 21, 2008 by
John Morelli | Filed under: Job Crafting in Action [1]
Welcome to the discussion!
Researchers working on this important subtopic include: Brenda Ghitulescu, Fabiana Kotoriy and Nicholas Hernandez.
Listed below in reverse order are the various postings from the research team. If you are interested in participating on this professional research team, or learning more about it, please contact us by clicking here.
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