TY - THES
T1 - Exploring the potential of Safety Management Systems to support New Approaches based on Safety Fractals
AU - Accou, B.O.R.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The concept of a safety management system (SMS) to control the risks of operational activities has already been introduced in high-risk industries some decades ago. Nevertheless, such an SMS is often criticized as burdensome and complex. Through its requirement to formalise all main activities, the SMS is perceived as bureaucratic and as a vehicle for pure compliance, exemplary for the old view on safety management. Furthermore, the SMS is often perceived as detached from an organisation’s core and operational activities, and as incompatible with local practice. It is questioned whether it can deliver the expected safe performance....
AB - The concept of a safety management system (SMS) to control the risks of operational activities has already been introduced in high-risk industries some decades ago. Nevertheless, such an SMS is often criticized as burdensome and complex. Through its requirement to formalise all main activities, the SMS is perceived as bureaucratic and as a vehicle for pure compliance, exemplary for the old view on safety management. Furthermore, the SMS is often perceived as detached from an organisation’s core and operational activities, and as incompatible with local practice. It is questioned whether it can deliver the expected safe performance....
U2 - 10.4233/uuid:e6f2307f-0b46-402a-92d3-aa98a63754f6
DO - 10.4233/uuid:e6f2307f-0b46-402a-92d3-aa98a63754f6
M3 - Dissertation (TU Delft)
ER -