Why Safety Cultures Degenerate: And How To Revive Them

Synopsis

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.

Copyright:

2017

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

98 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781134765898

Related ISBNs:

9781472476067, 9780367606015, 9781315547206

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

07/08/22

Copyrighted By:

Johan Berglund

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Education, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics

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