APPLICATION OF DECISION-MAKING CRITERIA TO IMPROVE THE STAFFING OF THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AT THE ENTERPRISE

Abstract

The article examines the problems and ways to improve the process of selecting heads of occupational safety services at industrial enterprises in Ukraine. The existing practice of appointing heads of occupational safety services at industrial enterprises in Ukraine requires significant improvement. The lack of clearly defined, substantiated criteria and procedures for selecting personnel often leads to the involvement of specialists with an insufficient level of professional training, which, in turn, reduces the overall effectiveness of the functioning of the occupational safety system. It is noted that in the conditions of increasing industrial risks, an unstable external environment and new challenges in the field of occupational safety, the availability of substantiated and transparent personnel selection procedures is key. The feasibility of using decision-making criteria (Laplace, Hurwitz, Wald) for evaluating candidates for managerial positions in occupational safety services is substantiated. A characteristic of each of the criteria is presented, the conditions for their application are described and an example of calculation for three candidates is given. A list of the main criteria for evaluating candidates is formulated, in particular, professional competence, management skills, the ability to make decisions under uncertainty and stress resistance. Three typical states of the external environment (favorable, tense, crisis) are considered, which are taken into account in the decision-making procedure. A conclusion is made about the need for a reasonable choice of the level acceptance criterion taking into account a specific situation. Recommendations are formulated on the integration of scientific approaches to improving the personnel policy of enterprises, as well as the creation of automated decision support systems and training of personnel commissions. The use of the proposed approaches will reduce the influence of the subjective factor, increase the validity of personnel selection, strengthen the effectiveness of occupational safety management and increase the effectiveness of personnel decisions.