Assessment of complex sociotechnical systems – Theoretical issues concerning the use of organizational culture and organizational core task concepts
TL;DR: In this article, the authors study organizational assessment in complex sociotechnical systems and discuss the implications of the proposed concepts for safety research and development work in complex socio-technical systems.
About: This article is published in Safety Science.The article was published on 2007-08-01. It has received 104 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sociotechnical system & Organizational safety.
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...Understanding and managing organizational processes and practices has become the primary concern of safety management and science (Reason, 1997; Reiman and Oedewald, 2007)....
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TL;DR: In this article, a review explores how three traditional conceptualisations of culture; the normative, anthropological and pragmatist conceptualisations, can and have been be applied to safety culture, which can be used to provide greater depth and practical applicability of safety culture by increasing our understanding of the interactions between cultural and contextual variables in a given workplace.
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...This is particularly the case when utilising this conceptualisation, as highlighted by Reiman and Oedewald (2007) who argued that the purpose of such research is to explore and provide insight into an organisation’s culture, rather than to evaluate or assess the culture....
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TL;DR: A review and discussion of human reliability analysis (HRA) methodologies can be found in this paper, arguing that there is a need for considerable further research and development before they meet the needs of modern risk and reliability analyses and are able to provide managers with the guidance they need to manage complex systems safely.
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TL;DR: A review of the book "Organizational Culture and Leadership" by Edgar H. Schein is given in this article, where the authors present a review of their approach to organizational culture and leadership.
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TL;DR: Giddens as mentioned in this paper has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade and outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period and offers a full statement of a major new perspective in social thought, a synthesis and elaboration of ideas touched on in previous works but described here for the first time in an integrated and comprehensive form.
Abstract: Anthony Giddens has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade. In "The Constitution of Society" he outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period and offers a full statement of a major new perspective in social thought, a synthesis and elaboration of ideas touched on in previous works but described here for the first time in an integrated and comprehensive form. A particular feature is Giddens' concern to connect abstract problems of theory to an interpretation of the nature of empirical method in the social sciences. In presenting his own ideas, Giddens mounts a critical attack on some of the more orthodox sociological views. "The Constitution of Society" is an invaluable reference book for all those concerned with the basic issues in contemporary social theory.
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TL;DR: Giddens as discussed by the authors has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade and outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period and offers a full statement of a major new perspective in social thought, a synthesis and elaboration of ideas touched on in previous works but described here for the first time in an integrated and comprehensive form.
Abstract: Anthony Giddens has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade. In "The Constitution of Society" he outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period and offers a full statement of a major new perspective in social thought, a synthesis and elaboration of ideas touched on in previous works but described here for the first time in an integrated and comprehensive form. A particular feature is Giddens' concern to connect abstract problems of theory to an interpretation of the nature of empirical method in the social sciences. In presenting his own ideas, Giddens mounts a critical attack on some of the more orthodox sociological views. "The Constitution of Society" is an invaluable reference book for all those concerned with the basic issues in contemporary social theory.
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