1. Management Assessment Tool for Small and Medium Enterprises First published April 2009 Developed in partnership between Local Authorities and FOD Intended use for interventions with SMEs to provide consistency of scoring Management Attitude and Leadership Suitable for use by all Inspectors, particularly in early years Coincidently launched through LA system

2. MAST4SMEs Complements Existing RCIs RDNA Competency Framework Supports POPMAR but simplifies Leadership Strategies Provides resilience to EMM justification for enforcement decision local factors Proposed revision of HSG65 project Chaspi and Hspi

3. MAST contents Matrices RCI Competence Management Attitude SMS Logic Culture brief Question sets POPMAR brief Enforcement notices ISO/BS SMS briefs

4. MAST4SMEs: How it Works Inspect and gather evidence of management performance Inspector decides to use either simplistic or SME matrix Relate performance to the descriptors in the columns Score for each element, add and divide by relevant factor Score will be on scale 0-6 Input score in normal way to RCI

5. Micro or Simplistic Simplistic management systems or Micro SMEs rev 21 April 09 Score 5 or 6Score 3 or 4Score 1 or 2 Score Poor Good Leadership: Taking responsibility, attitude Documentation: Risk assessments, ins certs. Workplace Precautions: Safety Workplace Precautions: Health Workforce Skilled and Involved Overall Business Performance

6. SME Framework Rev 21 April 09 Score 5 or 6Score 3 or 4Score 1 or 2 SCORING KEY Score Poor Good POPMAR Overall Business Performance Management Attitude SME framework

7. Leadership and POPMAR Leadership: Safety Policy, Management system Statutory Docs: Ins certs, notice, signs Organising: Control, risk assessment Organising: Cooperation; communication Organising: Competence

8. Leadership and POPMAR Planning: Implementing Safety Controls Planning: Implementing Health Controls Measuring Performance and Review Overall Business Performance Management Attitude

9. MAST4SMEs: Glossary SMEs: notionally less than 250 employees, but no upper limit for MAST RDNA: Regulators Development Needs Analysis GRIP: General Regtrs Information Point POPMAR: Policy, Organisation, Planning, Measuring, Audit, Review Chaspi: Corporate Performance Indicator Hspi: SME Performance Indicator

10. MAST4SMEs: Future Options Potentially standalone guidance for publication on HSE website Feeds into HSG65 revision Demonstrates simplification and consistency for BERR and LBRO strategies Options to use in priority planning for Las Contact christopher.ward@hse.gsi.gov.ukchristopher.ward@hse.gsi.gov.uk