Safety Culture and High-Risk Environments

A Leadership Perspective
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-10524-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 143 Seiten, Format (B × H): 244 mm x 165 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Reihe: Sustainable Improvements in Environment Safety and Health

This book provides leaders in high risk industries a better understanding of how their values and behaviors can influence the organization's safety culture and improve its capacity to bounce back from failure. Examples are illustrated through case studies and practical tools are provided to evaluate and improve an organization's culture by improving leadership capability. This unique book integrates the areas of safety culture and high reliability from the perspective of leadership in a work team environment. Readers of the book will get a fresh perspective on safety culture and reliability that can be translated into practical steps for improving their organization through its leadership.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

L. Caldwell, Cindy

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Qualitätsmanagement, Qualitätssicherung (QS), Total Quality Management (TQM)
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technische Zuverlässigkeit, Sicherheitstechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Industrial Engineering

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Author

Section I

Chapter 1 Understanding Organizational Factors in High-Risk Environments

Chapter 2 Review of the Literature

Chapter 3 Case Study Exploring Leadership, Work Team Engagement, and Safety Performance in a High-Risk Work Environment

Section II

Chapter 4 Creating the Capacity for Organizational Resilience

Chapter 5 Toolkit for Assessing and Monitoring Leadership and Safety Culture

References

Appendix: Example Assessment of Leadership and Safety Culture at a Chemical Facility

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Cindy L. Caldwell is currently a senior technical advisor for Environmental, Health, and Safety at a DOE National Laboratory. Her work includes understanding and evaluating operational culture, organizational reliability and risk management. Ms. Caldwell is certified by the American Board of Health Physics, has a BS in Bacteriology, an MS in Radiological Science and a PhD in Human and Organizational Systems.