S 3.8 Avoidance of factors impairing the organisation climate

Initiation responsibility: Agency/company management; Head of Personnel Section; personnel committee/works council

Implementation responsibility: Superiors; Personnel Section; personnel committee/works council

A positive organisation climate both motivates the staff to observe IT security safeguards and reduces negligent or deliberate acts which can cause disruption to the IT operation. Therefore, efforts should be made, also from an IT security point of view, to achieve a positive working atmosphere. The wide range of possible means cannot be listed here; therefore, only a selection of measures is given, the adequacy of which will have to be determined on a case-by-case basis:

• provision of a social centre;

• avoidance of overtime;

• observance of break periods;

• regulated division of responsibilities;

• even distribution of workloads;

• payment adequate to the person's performance.

Additional controls:

• How is the organisation climate assessed by the staff?

• How do superiors view the existing organisation climate?

• Which factors having a negative influence on the organisation climate are most frequently mentioned?