Defining Safety Culture
Overview
This months session will discuss how safety culture
can influence organisational performance.
The presentation is based around research commissioned by the
British Safety Council (published and presented in 2008). The remit
was to develop descriptive models that could be used by
practitioners to understand and work with their organisation’s
culture.
The approach fits within the ISO management systems. It focuses
on identifying which aspects of the organisational environment or
staff characteristics that are under the organisation’s control
could most usefully be changed in order to increase the frequency
of desired behaviours.
The models are not safety-specific, and can be used as part of a
wider approach to performance improvement, including aspects such
as quality or environmental compliance and performance.
What's in it for me?
The presentation gives a ‘Plain English’ description of what
safety culture consists of, what needs to be in place to have a
good safety culture, and the link between safety culture and safety
behaviours.
From that, it develops ideas as to how managers can act to
change their culture – in ways in which they have direct control
over – to influence and improve the frequency of desired, safe,
behaviours.
Who should attend?
All members of IOSH and any business leader with an interest in
safety culture, risk management and workplace psychology.
Key speakers
Sarah Cudmore MSc, MBA Dip
Sarah is a work psychologist who assists senior managers in
organisations to understand their existing culture and behaviours,
and identify how they can be improved.
Sarah started her career
after obtaining her degree in Applied Psychology (Aston)
as a Human Factors Engineer, with a focus on how to best
design work tasks and environments to enable people to perform
their work tasks well.
In the last 10 years Sarah has increasingly been involved
in research and organisational work relating to understanding
people's perceptions and behavioural responses to risk in their
work environments, and to identifying helpful management,
leadership, and organisational process changes to improve aspects
of organisational performance.
What you need to know
This session is open to all IOSH members and non members
If you have any special requirements please contact the
Membership secretary.
The essential information for the event:
14:00-17:00 Thursday 16 February 2012
Holiday Inn
LUTON-SOUTH M1, JCT.9
London Road.
Markyate
LUTON
AL3 8HH
ENGLAND
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