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Organizational culture as prerequisite of proactive safety and security management in critical infrastructure systems including hazardous plants and ports

Kosmowski K. T., Śliwiński M.

Journal of Polish Safety and Reliability Association

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2016

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Vol. 7, No. 1

133--146

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This article addresses selected aspects of organizational culture to be considered in the context of knowledge based proactive safety and security management of plants, ports and systems of critical infrastructure. It has been often emphasized in the domain literature that business effectiveness of such plants and their resilience against hazards and threats to avoid major accidents depends substantially on human and organizational factors. It becomes obvious that appropriate shaping of these factors is crucial and should be considered in life cycle. Some terms have been also introduced such as safety culture and security culture. Current research topic in this domain includes an interface between safety and security. The article discusses these issues in the context of knowledge based proactive safety and security management being a new challenge, especially in cases of hazardous plants, ports and other complex systems of critical infrastructure. Nevertheless a crucial role plays the human-operator undertaking safety-related decisions during potential abnormal situations and accidents. Below some issues concerning requirements for the alarm system design in context of human factors are outlined and discussed.

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Results of Implementing Programmes for Modifying Unsafe Behaviour in Polish Companies

Pęciłło M.

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

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2012

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Vol. 18, No. 4

473--485

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This article presents the results of 3 Polish companies implementing programmes for modifying unsafe behavior. Those programmes involved training workers and supervisors, and observing, registerinh and analyzing the workersʼ behaviour. They focused on the quality of life and safety culture as factors key to the level of unsafe behaviour and, thus, to the level of safety in an organization. To assess the effectiveness of the programmes, the quality of life and safety culture were studied before, during and after the intervention. The implementation of the programmes resulted in a higher level of safety culture and workersʼ well-being and fewer cases of unsafe behaviour. The improved level of safety culture and well-being was different in each company.

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The Use of Tacit Knowledge in Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems

Podgórski D.

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

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2010

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Vol. 16, No. 3

283--310

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A systematic approach to occupational safety and health (OSH) management and concepts of knowledge management (KM) have developed independently since the 1990s. Most KM models assume a division of knowledge into explicit and tacit. The role of tacit knowledge is stressed as necessary for higher performance in an enterprise. This article reviews literature on KM applications in OSH. Next, 10 sections of an OSH management system (OSH MS) are identified, in which creating and transferring tacit knowledge contributes significantly to prevention of occupational injuries and diseases. The roles of tacit knowledge in OSH MS are contrasted with those of explicit knowledge, but a lack of a model that would describe this process holistically is pointed out. Finally, examples of methods and tools supporting the use of KM in OSH MS are presented and topics of future research aimed at enhancing KM applications in OSH MS are proposed.