Implementation Pitfalls to Avoid by Robert C. Wilson, President, IQuES, a division of Earth Tech 1. The ongoing commitment of top management is crucial to maintain the flow of necessary resources. E veryone owns the system and everyone must be held accountable. Inevitably, most employees will be resistant to change, and perhaps even resent management for dictating more work and responsibilities.
Management needs to take the steps outlined in the sidebar.
The results enable a company to decide which actions have to be taken to correct identified deficiencies, the cost of such actions and the amount of time needed to achieve the desired results. Obscure commitments Organizations tend to develop honorable but obscure environmental policy statements that are difficult to achieve and measure. Companies should avoid broad policy statements that can lead to subjective judgments by auditors. But many organizations are afraid to identify environmental aspects. They are concerned that this will automatically commit them to prescriptive, rigorous control actions.