Why Safety Cultures Degenerate: And How to Revive Them Contributor(s): Berglund, Johan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1472476069 ISBN-13: 9781472476067 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $178.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Sustainable Development - Business & Economics | Education - Law | Criminal Law - General |
Dewey: 658.408 |
LCCN: 2015036467 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (0.80 lbs) 106 pages |
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Publisher Description: From Chernobyl to Fukushima, have we come full circle, where formalisation has replaced ambiguity and a decadent style of management, to the point where it is becoming counter-productive? Safety culture is a contested concept and a complex phenomenon, which has been much debated in recent years. In some high-risk activities, like the operating of nuclear power plants, transparency, traceability and standardisation have become synonymous with issues of quality. Meanwhile, the experience-based knowledge that forms the basis of manuals and instructions is liable to decline. In the long-term, arguably, it is the cultural changes and its adverse impacts on co-operation, skill and ability of judgement that will pose the greater risks to the safety of nuclear plants and other high-risk facilities. Johan Berglund examines the background leading up to the Fukushima Daiichi accident in 2011 and highlights the function of practical proficiency in the quality and safety of high-risk activities. The accumulation of skill represents a more indirect and long-term approach to quality, oriented not towards short-term gains but (towards) delayed gratification. Risk management and quality professionals and academics will be interested in the links between skill, quality and safety-critical work as well as those interested in a unique insight into Japanese culture and working life as well as fresh perspectives on safety culture. |