Strategy for Safety: A Catalyst for Cultural Change
(2022) FLMU16 20212Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety
- Abstract
- Safety practitioners in high-risk organizations face many challenges in an ever changing safety environment. How do they keep up with these day-to-day challenges? This study explored the possibilities for a safety strategy to contribute to the Safety of the Royal Netherlands Air Force. Nineteen depth interviews and one a focus group comprising of thirteen participants were held. The participants were senior safety managers, chiefs of the air base’s safety departments and flight safety officers. The interviews were transcribed, the two-hours long focus group was partly transcribed and summarized. A substantial amount of rich data was abductively analysed through a discourse and thematic process which yielded the following themes: (a) the... (More)
- Safety practitioners in high-risk organizations face many challenges in an ever changing safety environment. How do they keep up with these day-to-day challenges? This study explored the possibilities for a safety strategy to contribute to the Safety of the Royal Netherlands Air Force. Nineteen depth interviews and one a focus group comprising of thirteen participants were held. The participants were senior safety managers, chiefs of the air base’s safety departments and flight safety officers. The interviews were transcribed, the two-hours long focus group was partly transcribed and summarized. A substantial amount of rich data was abductively analysed through a discourse and thematic process which yielded the following themes: (a) the participants expressed different understandings of safety through different safety discourses; (b) the participants expressed a resounding need for direction, focus and unity on safety management; and (c) the participants expressed concerns about the safety mindset. The findings indicated that a safety strategy could be beneficial for the safety of the Netherlands Air Force. First, by creating a common ground for understanding safety through a narrative strategy that epitomises a prospective Air Force safety discourse. Second, by finding the balance between centralisation and agency in light of the transformation to the 5th Generation Air Force. Third, by employing the safety strategy as a catalyst for change that leads to a culture conducive for safety. And fourth by creating a safety organization that allows for both centralized and decentralized safety management. (Less)
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- author
- Scheers, Philip Andrew LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- FLMU16 20212
- year
- 2022
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Agility, culture, discourse, language, narrative, safety, strategy, structure, FLMU06
- language
- English
- id
- 9078491
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- 2022-04-20 09:03:21
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abstract = {{Safety practitioners in high-risk organizations face many challenges in an ever changing safety environment. How do they keep up with these day-to-day challenges? This study explored the possibilities for a safety strategy to contribute to the Safety of the Royal Netherlands Air Force. Nineteen depth interviews and one a focus group comprising of thirteen participants were held. The participants were senior safety managers, chiefs of the air base’s safety departments and flight safety officers. The interviews were transcribed, the two-hours long focus group was partly transcribed and summarized. A substantial amount of rich data was abductively analysed through a discourse and thematic process which yielded the following themes: (a) the participants expressed different understandings of safety through different safety discourses; (b) the participants expressed a resounding need for direction, focus and unity on safety management; and (c) the participants expressed concerns about the safety mindset. The findings indicated that a safety strategy could be beneficial for the safety of the Netherlands Air Force. First, by creating a common ground for understanding safety through a narrative strategy that epitomises a prospective Air Force safety discourse. Second, by finding the balance between centralisation and agency in light of the transformation to the 5th Generation Air Force. Third, by employing the safety strategy as a catalyst for change that leads to a culture conducive for safety. And fourth by creating a safety organization that allows for both centralized and decentralized safety management.}},
author = {{Scheers, Philip Andrew}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Strategy for Safety: A Catalyst for Cultural Change}},
year = {{2022}},
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