Turvallisuuskriittisten organisaatioiden toiminnan erityispiirteet
By: Pia Oedewald & Teemu Reiman.
Contributors: Reiman, Teemu.; Valtion teknillinen tutkimuskeskus.
Series: VTT publications -- 593.; VTT julkaisuja -- 593.
Publisher: VTT
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Espoo, Finland
Language: fin
ISBN-13: 9789513866983; 9789513866990
Subjects: Industrial safety.; Hazardous occupations -- Safety measures.; Nuclear power plants -- Safety measures.
Other titles: Characteristics of safety critical organizations : work psychological perspective.
Description: This book deals with organizations that operate in high hazard industries, such as the nuclear power, aviation, oil and chemical industry organisations. The society puts a great strain on these organisations to rigorously manage the risks inherent in the technology they use and the products they produce. In this book, an organizational psychology view is taken to analyse what are the typical challenges of daily work in these environments. The analysis is based on a literature review about human and organizational factors in safety critical industries, and on the interviews of Finnish safety experts and safety managers from four different companies. In addition to this, personnel interviews conducted in the Finnish nuclear power plants are utilised. The authors come up with eight themes that seem to be common organizational challenges cross the industries. These include e.g. how does the personnel understand the risks and what is the right level for rules and procedures to guide the work activities. The primary aim of this book is to contribute to the Finnish nuclear safety research and safety management discussion. However, the book is equally suitable for risk management, organizational development and human resources management specialists in different industries. The purpose is to encourage readers to consider how the human and organizational factors are seen in the field they work in.
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