Workplace Security Essentials. A Guide for Helping Organizations Create Safe Work Environments

✍ Scribed by Eric N. Smith (Auth.)

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 212
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Whether you are a business owner, department manager, or even a concerned employee, Workplace Security Essentials will show you how to improve workplace safety and security using real-life examples and step-by-step instructions.

Every organization, be it large or small, needs to be prepared to protect its facilities, inventory, and, most importantly, its staff. Workplace Security Essentials is the perfect training resource to help businesses implement successful security measures, boost employee morale and reduce turnover, protect the company's reputation and public profile, and develop the ability to process and analyze risks of all kinds.

Workplace Security Essentials helps the reader understand how different business units can work together and make security a business function-not a burden or extra cost.

• Shows how to identify threats using tried-and-true methods for assessing risk in any size organization
• Uses real-world examples and scenarios to illustrate what can go wrong-and what can go right when you are prepared
• Prepares the reader for worst-case scenarios and domestic violence that may spill over into the workplace
• Provides a clear understanding of various electronic systems, video surveillance, and burglar alarms, and how to manage a security guard force
• Includes online resources for those teaching security management

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page i
Copyright, Page ii
Dedication, Page iii
Acknowledgments, Page ix
About the Author, Page x
Digital Assets, Page xi
Chapter 1 - The Fighting Stance: Security Awareness, Pages 1-12
Chapter 2 - Developing a Security Focus: Identifying Critical Assets, Pages 13-23
Chapter 3 - Building Skills with Basics: Learning to Identify Threats, Pages 25-40
Chapter 4 - Playing with Blocks: Vulnerabilities and Protecting What’s Important, Pages 41-52
Chapter 5 - Practice Makes Perfect: Karate Forms and Organizational Memory, Pages 53-66
Chapter 6 - Punching: When They Are Close Enough to Kiss—Internal Threats, Pages 67-87
Chapter 7 - Getting Your Kicks: Responding to External Threats, Pages 89-108
Chapter 8 - When Things Get Down and Dirty: Workplace Violence, Pages 109-128
Chapter 9 - Freestyle Sparring: Learning to Fight Back—Emergency Operations Planning, Pages 129-140
Chapter 10 - Down, but Not Out: Disaster Drills and Recovery, Pages 141-151
Chapter 11 - The Do’s and Don’ts of Self-defense: Understanding Your Premise Liability, Pages 153-163
Chapter 12 - Weapons of Organizational Self-defense: Security Protection Systems, Pages 165-179
Chapter 13 - Personnel Safety Is Personal Safety, Pages 181-195
Chapter 14 - The Wrap: Good Security Is Good Business, Pages 197-202
Index, Pages 203-212