Preventing Accidents and Building a Culture of Safety: Insights from a Simulation Model
Research has approached the topic of safety in organizations from a number of different perspectives. On the one hand, psychological research on safety climate gives evidence for a range of organizational factors that predict safety across organizations. On the other hand, organizational learning th...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division
2016
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| author | Lyneis, John Madnick, Stuart E. |
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| description | Research has approached the topic of safety in organizations from a number of different perspectives. On the one hand, psychological research on safety climate gives evidence for a range of organizational factors that predict safety across organizations. On the other hand, organizational learning theorists view safety as a dynamic problem in which organizations must learn from mistakes. Here, we synthesize these two streams of research by incorporating key organizational factors from the safety climate literature into a dynamic simulation model that also includes the possibility for learning. Analysis of simulation results sheds insight into the nature of reliability and confirms the dangers of over-reliance on ‘single loop learning’ as a mechanism for controlling safety behaviors. Special emphasis is placed on strategies that managers might use to encourage learning and prevent erosion in safety behaviors over time. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1028362019-04-12T15:42:12Z Preventing Accidents and Building a Culture of Safety: Insights from a Simulation Model Lyneis, John Madnick, Stuart E. Research has approached the topic of safety in organizations from a number of different perspectives. On the one hand, psychological research on safety climate gives evidence for a range of organizational factors that predict safety across organizations. On the other hand, organizational learning theorists view safety as a dynamic problem in which organizations must learn from mistakes. Here, we synthesize these two streams of research by incorporating key organizational factors from the safety climate literature into a dynamic simulation model that also includes the possibility for learning. Analysis of simulation results sheds insight into the nature of reliability and confirms the dangers of over-reliance on ‘single loop learning’ as a mechanism for controlling safety behaviors. Special emphasis is placed on strategies that managers might use to encourage learning and prevent erosion in safety behaviors over time. 2016-06-02T15:31:10Z 2016-06-02T15:31:10Z 2009-04 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102836 en_US ESD Working Papers;ESD-WP-2009-02 application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division |
| spellingShingle | Lyneis, John Madnick, Stuart E. Preventing Accidents and Building a Culture of Safety: Insights from a Simulation Model |
| title | Preventing Accidents and Building a Culture of Safety: Insights from a Simulation Model |
| title_full | Preventing Accidents and Building a Culture of Safety: Insights from a Simulation Model |
| title_fullStr | Preventing Accidents and Building a Culture of Safety: Insights from a Simulation Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preventing Accidents and Building a Culture of Safety: Insights from a Simulation Model |
| title_short | Preventing Accidents and Building a Culture of Safety: Insights from a Simulation Model |
| title_sort | preventing accidents and building a culture of safety insights from a simulation model |
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