Safety Culture and High-Risk Environments
A Leadership Perspective
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Industrial Health & Safety, Engineering, Industrial, Business & Finance, Industries & Professions, Quality Control
| Author: | Cindy L. Caldwell | ISBN: | 9781351979351 |
| Publisher: | CRC Press | Publication: | September 18, 2017 |
| Imprint: | CRC Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Cindy L. Caldwell |
| ISBN: | 9781351979351 |
| Publisher: | CRC Press |
| Publication: | September 18, 2017 |
| Imprint: | CRC Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
