Essays about: "high-reliability theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words high-reliability theory.

  1. 1. Ensuring Safety and Security in the Era of Digital Water : A qualitative study on the implications following the digital transformation of the Swedish water industry

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : SARAH BJÄRKBY; FRIDA VÄRNLUND; [2021]
    Keywords : Digital transformation; Water 4.0; Water utilities; Swedish water industry; Critical infrastructure; Safety and security; Resilience; High reliability organizations; Digitalisering; Vattensystem; Water 4.0; VA-bolag; Svenska vattenindustrin; Kritisk infrastruktur; Säkerhet; Resiliens; High reliability organizations;

    Abstract : As water systems are critical infrastructures, their continuous service is essential for maintaining vital functions of society. During the past decades, a number of severe global challenges have put increasing pressure on the water systems, threatening the quality and availability of water. READ MORE

  3. 2. Autonomous vehicles: The Race to Safety. A case study of High Reliability Theory in autonomous trucks and busses

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Victor Svahn; Alessio Dastice; [2019]
    Keywords : Servant leadership; Autonomous; Commercial Vehicles; High-reliability organizing;

    Abstract : The development of autonomous vehicles is still in an early stage, but incumbent manufacturers are already under pressure. They are asked to develop safe products while facing great market pressure and internal changes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Knowledge Management in a High-Risk Organisation: A Case Study on an Aviation School

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Valeria Vrahimi; Maria Mancera; [2019]
    Keywords : knowledge; knowledge management; knowledge creation; knowledge sharing; aviation; highrisk organisation; high-reliability organisation; aviation school; organisational culture; identity; self-view; safety; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This qualitative research aims to observe, understand and provide an overview regarding the knowledge management processes at a high-risk organisation such as an aviation school that does not have an established knowledge management system, but has reported zero accidents during its 35 years of operation, achieving an excellent safety record that demonstrates its high level of reliability. The research follows an interpretive tradition and more specifically the hermeneutic approach. READ MORE

  5. 4. Internal crisis communication and employee engagement: A closer look at multinational companies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Angelos Vasileioy; [2018]
    Keywords : internal crisis communication; crisis communication; organizational culture; culture; high-reliability theory; contingency theory of accommodation; employee engagement; multinationals; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Internal crisis communication has remarkably been neglected both in research and in practice, even if there are studies that claim that internal stakeholders have a pivotal role during a crisis. This study aims to understand how multinationals use internal crisis communication and in what way they engage with their employees before, during, and after a crisis. READ MORE

  6. 5. Why Formal Stop Work Schemes Do Not Work

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Hayden Greenshields; [2017]
    Keywords : Decentralization; High Reliability Theory; Safety Critical Industries; Stopping Unsafe Work; Andon Cord; Normalization of Deviance; FLMU06; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Stopping unsafe work is not only a legal but moral necessity for those that perform work in safety critical industries. Stop Work Authority Cards, Interventions, Refusals of Unsafe Work and the Andon Cord have become symbolic and physical abstractions of decentralization – a shifting of authority down to those which perform the dirty and dangerous work. READ MORE