Occupational health and safety inspection in turkey in the context of new public management: A model proposal for Labor Inspection Board

In this study, it is aimed to evaluate the current audit system of the Labor Inspection Board, which plays a regulatory role by inspecting the work areas used in the production of goods or services within the scope of occupational health and safety, within the framework of the principles of the "New Public Management" approach, which emerged as a result of the change and transformation in the field of public administration and It is aimed to make recommendations in this direction. In this context, the efficiency levels of the occupational health and safety audits of the Labor Inspection Board between the years 2007-2017 were measured by using the "Data Envelopment Analysis", "Analytic Hierarchy Process" and "TOPSIS" methods, and evaluations were made. It has been analyzed what changes need to be made on the inputs or outputs in order for them to be efficient. Thus, it is aimed that the state, which has limited resources, will distribute these resources in a way that will increase efficiency while fulfilling the function of occupational health and safety control. By evaluating the findings and results obtained as a findings of the research, a new model has been proposed to improve the efficiency of the existing inspection system of the Labor Inspection Board.