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Workplace Violence and Prevention

Do You Know What to Do When Violence Invades Your Workplace

http://www.workforce.com/article/20120827/BLOGS07/120829964/0/topics

Mass shootings currently have America in a frenzy. We’ve recently witnessed several. A more memorable shooting occurred outside of the Empire State Building in New York during August of 2012. The shooter was a former employee of the empire state building and was attacking his ex-colleagues.

Due to these workplace tragedies, it is of utmost importance that you, as a manager, have a safety plan of action for all of your employees. Safety plans are to be activated in more extreme situations. Your employees should not only be well-informed of the safety plan, but should also be trained to implement it if necessary.

While maintaing a plan of action and keeping employees aware is necessary, preventing such tragedies is the main goal. You do not want to have to implement your plan of action. Showing employees respect, being cautious, offering a listening ear, and seeking (further) help at strange behavior are all great preventative measures to help put a stop to workplace violence.

After Workplace Violence Incident, Mental Health Resources a Must

http://www.workforce.com/article/20120530/NEWS01/120539996/0/topics

While physical workplace violence is not overly common, it can be extremely traumatic when it does happen. The aftermath of workplace violence can easily lead to stress disorders for anyone involved. Victims will often undergo a wide range of emotions that can last for several days, weeks, or even months. In some extreme cases, these violent incidents can even cause long-term mental health problems. Health problems of the sort can leave your employee(s) incapable of performing their duties to the best of their ability.

It’s important for managers to offer employees the chance to speak with a mental health consultant after a traumatic, violent incident has occurred. These resources can be costly, but some insurance companies have the means to help pay for them. Mental health consultants should see to it that victims once again feel safe in their place of employment, and that employers and managers will correct the problem to ensure violence of the sort will not happen again at the establishment. Managers should make certain that employees are better prepared to escape a violent situation in the unfortunate event that it does happen again.

Transparency is Vital to Helping Employees Cope with Workplace Violence

http://www.workforce.com/article/20120917/NEWS01/120919971/0/topics

Following a violent workplace incident, the most important thing that a manager can do is to maintain proper communication with their employees. Communication is key in making it clear that you are determined to seek prevention against any more violent incidents on the premises.

While some smaller firms experience a longer dwelling time after workplace violence has occurred, managers will often stall when it comes to training in hopes that anxieties from the traumatic experience will not resurface. However, it is still important for you to be attentive in dedicated in training your employees to recognize a potential threat of danger.

“Enhancing employees’ awareness of potential threat indicators is only part of the solution, experts said. In many cases, post-incident investigations reveal that several employees within an organization knew--or at least suspected-- that a co-worker, customer or some other individual posed a threat to the company and its workers, but never reported it because the structure for doing so either didn’t exist or was never clearly outlined to lower-level managers and employees.”

When your employees aren’t sure what to do if they witness someone who could possibly be a violent threat to the company, then you have failed as a manager. Again, making your employees aware and informed of how to better handle these situations is your job, and a must if you want them to overcome tragedies and help to prevent workplace violence.

The topic of workplace violence is, has been, and always will be a very serious matter in not only the hospitality industry, but all places of employment. I chose these three articles because it’s vital for managers to understand when violence is a threat to your workplace, the impact it can have on employees and customers, and how you can be cautious to help prevent it. With all of the recent talk about the second amendment, local and nationwide shootings, and recent unemployment rates/lack of job security this topic of workplace safety and prevention is something managers (and everyone) should be informed on.

As unfortunate as it is, violence is inevitable inside and outside of the workplace. It may seem rare to some of us, but not all violence is in the extreme form of a mass shooting. That particular violent act just seems to be the more popular one that is reported on. Violence occurs in all forms, and should never, in any situation, be treated lightly by you (the manager), the employers, or the employees.

Preventing violence in the hospitality industry is especially important, as managers should not only be concerned for the safety and satisfaction of the employees, but also the customers. As a manager in this industry, you are in charge of keeping the customers happy and fulfilling their wants and desires. That is our number one goal. While the articles primarily talk about preventative measures to ensure the safety of your employees, these same ideas are used to make certain that your customers are safe as well.

By reading and studying about workplace violence, you can take preventative measures to ensure the safety of your employees or desired customers, and how to seek out resources that will help them cope with the aftermath if an incident was to occur. Your knowledge and successful communication with your employees will continue to aid in the battle against violence. Being able to identify a possible threat in your business, and how to manage the problem may cause you to avert the major crisis of workplace violence.

So, keep reading. Be informed. Communicate with your employees. Seek further help when you feel it necessary. Make certain your employees and customers know that their safety is of high importance to you, and do not give up on the battle against workplace violence.

-In the last sentence of the third paragraph of the first summary, you should think about doing a little rewording. Particularly when you say, “and seeking (further) help at strange behavior”. The “at” does not flow well and should be changed to avoid any confusion.

-I highlighted a sentence in your second summary that seems to be a little bit of a run-on sentence. Think about breaking it up into two.

-The highlighted sentence in your third summary is a little confusing. I’m not quite sure what you mean by “longer dwelling time”. Try to explain this a little more so a future reader does not experience any confusion.

-Change “in” to and.

-Change the second “in” to when.

-Change the highlighted “said” to says.

-The first sentence that I underlined should be its own sentence because it does not flow well connected to the other sentence.

-Do not use contractions in papers, change the “it’s” to it is.

-The second paragraph on the fourth page has an underlined sentence that should be broken apart and reworded to flow more nicely.

-Last paragraph on second to last page, change “our” to the.

-First paragraph on last page, change “or” to and so both groups are included.

-First paragraph on last page, make underlined sentence its own sentence to avoid a run-on sentence.

-Last sentence in first paragraph on last page, try to reword it. Maybe something like …and knowing how to manage that threat may allow you avert any workplace violence. The way you have it now has too many unnecessary words and not enough effective ones.

-Overall, your paper is very informative and makes it very clear that workplace violence is a pressing issue and needs to be addressed before and after any workplace violence occurs. Try to make your transitions between paragraphs flow more smoothly during the synthesized reflection part of the paper.