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Author Marriott, Craig

Title Challenging the Safety Quo
Published Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Part I -- Introduction -- 1 The problem -- About this book -- Note -- Reference -- 2 The cast list -- Management -- Workers -- Safety professionals -- Reference -- 3 The maturity relevance -- Reference -- 4 The paradigm shift -- Part I summary -- Part II -- Truths, half-truths and downright myths -- 5 The triangular fallacy -- Correlation and causality -- Statistics -- Key points -- References -- 6 The priority confusion
Lip ServicerWell Intentioner -- What is safety anyway? -- Key points -- Reference -- 7 The benefit faƃade -- Key points -- 8 The number crunch -- Statistical traps -- Impact of randomness -- Key points -- References -- 9 The measurement folly -- Safety performance goals -- What to measure? -- Reporting it -- Key points -- References -- 10 The communication gap -- Safety professional -- Management -- Key points -- 11 The zero paradox -- What is zero harm? -- Acceptability -- How realistic is it? -- The impact
Managing risk appetiteKey points -- 12 The worker implication -- Eighty-eight per cent of accidents are caused by worker behaviour -- Decision making -- Key points -- Reference -- 13 The safety separation -- Safety as something special -- Whose responsibility is it anyway? -- Key points -- 14 The systemectomy -- Compliance -- Procedural lobotomy -- System growth -- Key points -- References -- 15 The miscellany -- We have a safety policy -- Safety is the first item on the agenda at every meeting -- We have a blame-free culture
We investigate all our incidentsWe are certified against a standard -- We pre-qualif your contractors -- Challenge yourself -- Key points -- Reference -- Part II summary -- Part III -- Your context -- 16 The bespoke approach -- 17 The leadership bus -- What is our current reality? -- What are the current constraints on performance? -- How do we define safety? -- What is our desired future state? -- How will that manifest itself day to day for the leadership team and the wider organisation?
What are the key steps in getting from our current reality to our future state?Key points -- Reference -- 18 The leadership attribution -- Understand and acknowledge their role -- The connections between safety and business performance -- Transformational -- Learning-oriented -- Understand message trajectory -- Authenticity -- Key points -- Reference -- 19 The culture cascade -- Top down -- Bottom up -- Key points -- 20 The system alignment -- Structure and development -- Involvement -- Scope -- Intent -- Presentation -- Review -- Use it!
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Form Electronic book
ISBN 1351364677
9781351364676