Safety Culture, 1st Edition

An Innovative Leadership ApproachAuthor(s) : Crutchfield  &    Roughton  

Release Date: 30 Aug 2013

Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann

ISBN: 9780123964960

Pages: 384

Dimensions: 235 X 191

This book cuts to the heart of how to implement and manage an effective safety culture using innovative networking, communications, and techniques that can be easily implemented.

Key Features

• How to develop a foundation to improve the perception of safety, analyze the organizational culture and its impact on the safety management system, and review the importance of developing a influential network

• Provides a format for establishing goals and objectives, discusses the impact of leadership on the safety management system and the roles and responsibilities needed as well as methods to gain employee participation

• Tools to enhance the safety management system, the education and training of employees, how to assess the current safety management system, and the process of curation is introduced

Description

Current safety and risk management guidelines necessitate that organizations develop and formally manage their understanding and knowledge of the standards and protocols of risk management. The impact of communication and human performance on the identification and control of hazards and associated risk must be addressed in a structured manner. This core reference provides a complete guide to creating a comprehensive and effective safety culture.

Safety Culture is a reference for safety and risk professionals and a training text for corporate-based learners and students at university level. The book will keep safety and risk management professionals up-to-date and will provide the tools needed to develop consistent and effective organizational safety protocols.

Readership

Safety and Loss Prevention Specialists; Industrial Hygienists. Chemical Engineers, Process Engineers, Mechanical Engineers.

Safety Culture, 1st Edition

Part 1, Laying the Foundation

The Perception of Safety

Analyzing the Organizational Culture

Analyzing and Using Your Network

Setting the Direction for the Safety Culture

Part 2, Safety Management Systems Defined

Overview of Basic Safety Management Systems

Management Leadership: Demonstrating Commitment

Leadership and the Effective Safety Culture

Employee Involvement

Part 3, How to Handle the Perception of Risk

Risk Perception - Defining How to Identify Personal Responsibility

Risk Management Principles

Developing an Activity-Based Safety System

Developing the Job Hazard Analysis

Part 4, Tools to Enhance Your Safety Management

Education and Training - Assessing Safety Training Needs

Assessing Your Safety Management System

Becoming a Curator for the Safety Management System–

Final Words, Can You Develop a Culture that Will Sustain Itself?

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