Not only is technology going through its revolutions faster, but the institutions and organisations which exploit that technology are also in the process of almost constant reshaping. This accelerating change is a double-edged sword for safety. On the one hand, it offers the opportunity for improvement, but on the other it threatens the tried and trusted measures which have produced high safety levels in the past. Trial and error as a learning method is not acceptable in high risk technologies. We must not only get things right first time, but adapt the management of safety to the dynamic of constant change. This book explores that dilemma by studying how organisations manage safety and what is crucial for a good safety management system, how to harness change directly to safety improvement and how to adapt safety management systems to change imposed from the outside.
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Pat Burling
.... This is a conscientious and provocative book demanding close study and reflection. It should inspire the new generation of safety professionals and encourage researchers in safety and risk management and organisational change.
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E. Petridou, University of Athens
...considers important general issues and presents several useful conceptual models.... the Editors have added an important element of coherence through their inter-chapter narrative.... very useful for safety consultants and senior managers...provides an elegant presentation of theoretical and operational issues.
Accident Analysis & Prevention
.... This is a conscientious and provocative book demanding close study and reflection. It should inspire the new generation of safety professionals and encourage researchers in safety and risk management and organisational change.
OS&H - Occupational Safety & Health
E. Petridou, University of Athens
...considers important general issues and presents several useful conceptual models.... the Editors have added an important element of coherence through their inter-chapter narrative.... very useful for safety consultants and senior managers...provides an elegant presentation of theoretical and operational issues.
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Change has now become the everyday reality of industry and work. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
toll contractors, safety management tasks, predictive risk analysis, safety management activities, surveyed organisations, internal control reform, organisational reliability, international safety rating system, hazardous work systems, wider reorganisation, safety climate, safety management systems, safety expertise, high reliability organisations, safety management practices, business reorganisation, major organisational change, safety culture, standards directorate, section engineers, safety delegate, process safety management, timeline analysis, human resources frame, production disturbances Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Diablo Canyon, North Anna, New York, Chemical Week, Chemical Manufacturers Association, Piper Alpha, Reliability Engineering, United States, Bad Homburg, Ministry of Local Government, Railway Group, Advisory Committee, Betrieb von Kernkraftwerken, Department of Transport, Head of Safety, Herald of Free Enterprise, Journal of Safety Research, Responsible Care, Royal Society, Third International Conference, United Kingdom, Academy of Management Review, Basic Books, Bureau of National Affairs, Business Process Re-engineering New!
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Change has now become the everyday reality of industry and work. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
toll contractors, safety management tasks, predictive risk analysis, safety management activities, surveyed organisations, internal control reform, organisational reliability, international safety rating system, hazardous work systems, wider reorganisation, safety climate, safety management systems, safety expertise, high reliability organisations, safety management practices, business reorganisation, major organisational change, safety culture, standards directorate, section engineers, safety delegate, process safety management, timeline analysis, human resources frame, production disturbances Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Diablo Canyon, North Anna, New York, Chemical Week, Chemical Manufacturers Association, Piper Alpha, Reliability Engineering, United States, Bad Homburg, Ministry of Local Government, Railway Group, Advisory Committee, Betrieb von Kernkraftwerken, Department of Transport, Head of Safety, Herald of Free Enterprise, Journal of Safety Research, Responsible Care, Royal Society, Third International Conference, United Kingdom, Academy of Management Review, Basic Books, Bureau of National Affairs, Business Process Re-engineering New!
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- Reliability and Safety In Hazardous Work Systems: Approaches To Analysis And Design by Bernhard Wilpert Technische Universitaet Berlin Germany; Thoralf Qvale. on 5 pages
- After the Event: From Accident to Organisational Learning by A. Hale in Front Matter, page 232, and page 263
- Occupational Injury: Risk, Prevention And Intervention by Anne Marie Feyer on page 16, page 39, and page 184
- New Opportunities by Michelle White on page 223, and page 232
- Organizational Culture and Leadership (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership) by Edgar H. Schein on page 17, and page 40
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- After the Event: From Accident to Organisational Learning by A. Hale on 5 pages
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