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A Definitive Guide to Behavioural Safety
Tim Marsh
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This book makes the case that far too much work undertaken under the banner of `behavioural safety' is overly person-focused. `If you can walk on hot coals, you can do anything - so be safe' needs to be dismissed out of hand, but also more advanced techniques based on coaching and empowerment fail to reflect the fact that, as `Just Culture' models show, the great majority of causes of unsafe behaviour are environmental. Our methodologies mustn't focus on the person with an open mind that there may be an underlying root cause; they must start from the statistically proven assumption ... Read more
This book makes the case that far too much work undertaken under the banner of `behavioural safety' is overly person-focused. `If you can walk on hot coals, you can do anything - so be safe' needs to be dismissed out of hand, but also more advanced techniques based on coaching and empowerment fail to reflect the fact that, as `Just Culture' models show, the great majority of causes of unsafe behaviour are environmental. Our methodologies mustn't focus on the person with an open mind that there may be an underlying root cause; they must start from the statistically proven assumption ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138647473
SKU
V9781138647473
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99-2
About Tim Marsh
Tim Marsh was one of the team leaders of the original UK research into behavioural safety in the early 1990s, and is a Chartered Psychologist and a Chartered Fellow of IOSH. He ran the open courses on Behavioural Safety and Safety Culture for IOSH for many years. He has worked with hundreds of companies around the world, including the BBC, ... Read more
Reviews for A Definitive Guide to Behavioural Safety
...he sets out to provoke a debate about BBS (and) is well positioned to do so having been part of the seminal research...an enjoyable read... there is very useful examination of communication, the need for good behavioural data and analysis, planning, good material on coaching .. and pleased to see, in a section on wellbeing, the author highlighting that workplace ... Read more