Management Assessment Tool for
Small and Medium Enterprises
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First published April 2009
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Intended use for interventions with SMEs
to provide consistency of scoring
Management Attitude and Leadership
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Suitable for use by all Inspectors,
particularly in early years
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Coincidently launched through LA system
Developed in partnership between Local
Authorities and FOD
MAST4SMEs Complements
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Existing RCIs
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Proposed revision of HSG65 project
RDNA Competency Framework
Supports POPMAR but simplifies
Leadership Strategies
Provides resilience to EMM justification
for enforcement decision local factors
Chaspi and Hspi
MAST contents
• Matrices
• RCI Competence Management Attitude
• SMS Logic
• Culture brief
• Question sets
• POPMAR brief
• Enforcement notices
• ISO/BS SMS briefs
MAST4SMEs: How it Works
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Inspect and gather evidence of management
performance
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Inspector decides to use either simplistic or SME
matrix
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Relate performance to the descriptors in the
columns
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Score for each element, add and divide by
relevant factor
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Score will be on scale 0-6
Input score in normal way to RCI
Micro or Simplistic
Simplistic management systems or Micro SMEs
rev 21 April 09
Score 5 or 6
Score 3 or 4
Poor
•Leadership: Taking responsibility, attitude
•Documentation: Risk assessments, ins certs.
•Workplace Precautions: Safety
•Workplace Precautions: Health
•Workforce Skilled and Involved
•Overall Business Performance
Score 1 or 2
Good
Score
SME framework
SME Framework
Score 5 or 6
Score 3 or 4
Score 1 or 2
Rev 21 April 09
SCORING KEY
Poor
•POPMAR
•Overall Business Performance
•Management Attitude
Score
Good
Leadership and POPMAR
• Leadership: Safety Policy,
Management system
• Statutory Docs: Ins certs, notice,
signs
• Organising: Control, risk assessment
• Organising: Cooperation;
communication
• Organising: Competence
Leadership and POPMAR
• Planning: Implementing Safety
Controls
• Planning: Implementing Health
Controls
• Measuring Performance and Review
• Overall Business Performance
• Management Attitude
MAST4SMEs: Glossary
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SMEs: notionally less than 250
employees, but no upper limit for MAST
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RDNA: Regulators Development Needs
Analysis
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GRIP: General Regtrs Information Point
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Chaspi: Corporate Performance Indicator
POPMAR: Policy, Organisation, Planning,
Measuring, Audit, Review
Hspi: SME Performance Indicator
MAST4SMEs: Future Options
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Potentially standalone guidance for
publication on HSE website
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Feeds into HSG65 revision
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Options to use in priority planning for Las
Demonstrates simplification and
consistency for BERR and LBRO
strategies
Contact christopher.ward@hse.gsi.gov.uk