NDC Management

On May 25 th , 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR came into effect. There was certainly a huge chaos around its introduction, which explains why companies still have not been able to understand the basics of it, especially the small-scale businesses where there is no particular individual who is technically aware of its implications and can take the lead in implementing it. Here are few fundamental facts that a company should know about EU GDPR and its compliance. GDPR Isn’t Merely for the IT sector One of the basic misconceptions amongst businesses is the fact that GDPR is an IT issue, but rather, it is an organizational issue. Every sector collects, accesses, and uses personal data for different purposes including hiring, sales, marketing, customer services, etc. Over the years, there has been a growing emphasis on establishing a systematic approach in order to manage data that can help companies get accurate statistics to make well-informed decisions. I...

Digitalization has made a positive impact in our lives, specifically in the area of occupational health and safety. With an aisle of digital technologies, it has become possible to transform every task and procedure with a new outlook. High tech gizmos and advanced techniques have paved way for opportunities in the ergonomics field. Constant indulgence of healthcare assistance in the workplace can help in relieving physical and mental stress of the employees which proportionately optimizes their performance. Providing safety education through the digitalized medium has positively contributed to the development of potential productivity of employees.   Health, Safety & Environment Digitalization has the potential to evacuate the challenges involved in Workplace (Health and Safety). Advanced technologies combine systematic processes for: ·       Enhancing the implied knowledge of workers relating to safety aspect of the tasks they have ...

Safety training in a company is an imperative aspect of the safety management system that focuses on boosting the safety and work performance of the employees in a formalized and planned way. It also helps in determining the competency level of the company’s personnel. While generally, the training is organized within the remit of human resources department, some safety, emergency, and vocational training programs demand a set of work activities. Different Types of Safety Training Basically, safety training can be covered in three parts; induction, vocational, and emergency training. •    Vocational training- It is related to the skills of employees to carry out their respective tasks. •    Induction Training- It centres around the specific safety instructions related to a job or site. •    Emergency Training- It focuses on the responsibilities of employees that they have to embark upon the events of emergency. Safety Inducti...

The environment and economy are said to be the two sides of the same coin. If the environment is not maintained, the economy will also not stand. The businesses which you all run are very much part of the environment and if you are generating and disposing of the hazardous waste then you are answerable to regulatory bodies. These regulatory bodies of environment exist at the city, state, and country level, calling for you to deal with 3 or 4 different agencies and bodies at the same time.  Now all these government bodies have their own set of rules, formalities, and regulations which needs to comply on time. If one thing is here and there then your entire project may halt. Thereby, its better to undergo an environment training. The benefits of it  are: Up to date knowledge: The rules, working practices and guidelines of the regulatory bodies keep changing and training helps in keeping people abreast with all of it. Environmental training covers all the points l...

The race of older workforce has increased in the offices off lately. The reasons behind it can be stamped as better medical facilities and increased awareness about lifestyle amongst people. The distances have increased the environment has become more challenging but the energy of these people aging 60 or 60 plus is still intact. Many offices are happy employing older employees owing to the benefits of experience, loyalty, and strong work ethic while others find them difficult to handle during training. Years ago, a dignitary of Philadelphia University had said that the older workforce should always be valued for their depth of knowledge and experience. They have mostly seen around enough to understand the politics, systems, and processes in the workplace. They are like an asset to the organization but the one which is not flexible at all. Haha, now what does this mean? Well, mostly older workers tend to assume that they know it all, there is no need of changing the patt...

A risk assessment procedure or a training following it, are generally considered as a wastage of money and working hours by employers. They think that they are losing an entire day productivity in doing so but then they forget that these investments have better and sweeter fruits later. An appropriate risk assessment training is must for an organisation to make sure that the workstations and working practices are not damaging the employees in any way.  The risk assessment training modules have evolved over the period of the time. They have become more flexible considering the above-stated problem of employers. Now companies deliver such robust risk assessment training software which trains each staff individually in his employment time only. There is no need to send the staff for long training days and get the work suffered from behind.  These modern risk assessment training modules have become very clever. They use multiple choice question parameters to get...