Process safety management : leveraging networks and communities of practice for continuous improvement

The continued prevalence of major incidents (most recently the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill) and preponderance of workplace fatalities and injuries as well as Process Safety Management (PSM) Incidents, globally, begs the question: why do incidents continue to occur in today's technologicall...

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Main Authors Lutchman, Chitram (Author), Evans, Douglas (Author), Maharaj, Rohanie (Author), Sharma, Ramesh (Safety professional) (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press, [2014]
Subjects
Industrial safety > Management.
Communities of practice.
Continuous improvement process.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN1299703267
9781299703261
9781628707311
1628707313
9781466553637
1466553634
9781466553613
1466553618
Physical Description1 online resource (xxiv, 206 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Process safety management (PSM)
  • 2. Historical perspective : a review of operationally disciplined and excellent organizations where process safety management is entrenched
  • 3. Leadership behaviors for network performance, and operational discipline and excellence
  • 4. Shared learning in safety
  • 5. Creating expert networks for generating continuous improvements
  • 6. Leveraging networks and communities of practice for long-term success
  • 7. Activation and tenure of networks
  • 8. Network focus and work priorities
  • 9. Establishing key performance indicators (KPIs) for stewarding organizational performance
  • 10. Challenges faced by organizations in managing networks
  • 11. Network coordination : the leadership challenge
  • 12. A network at work.

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