tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170623839736191950.post3094329955023123488..comments2022-12-03T19:22:46.911-08:00Comments on Safetymatters: Safety culture information, analysis and management: Safety Culture - Lessons from the Social Science LiteratureBob Cudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08502712287881656493noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170623839736191950.post-82684289957369624372013-02-12T12:26:14.031-08:002013-02-12T12:26:14.031-08:00Great catch Lew,
Given the date of publication of...Great catch Lew,<br /><br />Given the date of publication of this information it seems strange that there is no reference to it on the NRC's NSC webpage - unless...<br /><br />I'm pretty sure that the prevailing "wisdom" in NRC/IAEA/NEI/INPO, regarding this artifact those refer to as Nuclear Safety Culture, have no answer for the assertion in these two sentences from the Executive Summary:<br /><br />"The framework presented in this report is based on a particular view of safety culture<br />that is consistent with most of the relevant theoretical and empirical literature regarding<br />organizational culture. Safety culture cannot be separated either logically or empirically<br />from the dynamics of the broader organizational culture of which it is a part."<br /><br />The second sentence is a whopper - transliterating it says - "only in the nuclear enterprise is there a belief that 'nuclear safety culture' can be isolated for purposes of analysis and for the development of performance improvement initiatives." <br /><br />"Can't be separated logically or empirically" is tantamount to concluding that Positive Nuclear Safety Culture as referenced in the NRC's Safety Culture Policy is the figment of someone's imagination. <br /><br />That conclusion would seem to rule out the possibility that the many climate surveys being administered, those to test the waters of worker sentiments regarding how well they are being protected from work place hazards, bears no verifiable relationship to what everyone outside the nuclear industry terms "culture."<br /><br />I conclude from your generous review and the quick look I've taken of the report that Branch and Olson have made a good faith effort to "speak the truth to power." That "power," is not ready to hear such truth, should come as no surprise for those who insist on applying a Questioning Attitude to the dissonance between the "nuclear view" of culture and how it is described elsewhere.<br /><br />Its unfortunate that Dekker (who is not cited by the way) had not completed Drift into Failure before this research was done. Also Ed Schein continues to have his name taken in vane as the model at figure 2.1 bears little relationship to anything his full body of work would seem to recognize. The absent of reference to recent writing by him is also notable.<br /><br />Sigh.<br />Bill Mullinsnoreply@blogger.com