The human resources department has distributed posters with information about workplace violence such as typical profiles of workplace killers, characteristics of disgruntled employees, motivations for violent actions, and factors that contribute to
the problem. This course of action is called: a. risk control.
b. threat management.
c. violence assessment.
d. total quality management.
B
Threat management refers to the course of action taken after conducting a threat assessment. One approach is to circulate generalized information such as typical profiles of workplace killers (violent employees), characteristics of disgruntled employees, motivations for violent actions, and factors that contribute to the problem.
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