BBS 2



BEHAVIOR-BASED SAFETY.
Hello once again, it’s Goke  Akingbade(your Safety guide).  Last time in our discussion on Behavior-Based Safety, we stated that behaviour is anything that that you are able to observe a person do.                                         For example, walking, sitting, standing, lifting, reading and grasping etc.                                                                It is important for an organization to be able to understand why its employees behave the way they do while at work. There are three forces that drive human behaviour and it is very crucial for the management of an organization to understand these forces, they are: (1) Activators. (2) Competencies and (3) Consequences.

ACTIVATORS.                                                                                                                                                            Activators are objects, people, sensory perception or environmental stimuli that serve as the trigger for a specific kind of behaviour. They precede behaviour. Please note that activators only set the stage for behaviour or performance. They do not control it. They are also referred to as antecedents. For example when a driver on the road approaches a stop sign. Seeing a stop sign is a trigger for a driver to slow down and press the brake before coming to a stop. If activators are effective, then they get the right behaviours started. Other examples of activators are speedometer, alarm clock, car horn, a ringing telephone, a training event, a policy, signs;No parking, caution etc. It is always important that you as a person note or observe the kind of behaviour an activator triggers in you.

COMPETENCIES.                                                                                                                                                      Competencies refer to the skills and abilities that people will need to acquire in order to perform the desired functions. They are also the ones that they possess at present. Competencies are demonstrated while at work in form of behaviours.                                                                               

CONSEQUENCES                                                                                                                                                  Consequences are what the individual who performs the behaviour actually receives when he or she demonstrates a particular behaviour. The consequences of an individual’s action determine whether he or she will continue or increase the desired behaviour or discontinue it. Note that consequences can either reinforce behaviour (resulting in an increase in performance) or work to make the behaviour extinct (leading to a decrease in performance). Due to the fact that consequences occur very often in a day and are so common, we have learned in many situations to ignore them. They have become automatic, natural consequences.                                          For example (1) Behaviour- turn on the water faucet/ Consequence-water comes out.                                  (2)Behaviour-Pick up the phone/Consequence- you talk to the person on the line.                                                                        
The challenge is to utilize consequences to in a strategic way so as to create a win/win situation not a win/win for some and a win/lose for other people. Till I come your way again, do have safe day.
Regards
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