{"product_id":"why-safety-cultures-degenerate-and-how-to-revive-them-9780367606015","title":"Why Safety Cultures Degenerate: And How to Revive Them","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Berglund Johan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Development - Sustainable Development\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Chernobyl to Fukushima, have we come full circle, where formalisation has replaced ambiguity and a decadent style of management, to the point where it is becoming counter-productive? Safety culture is a contested concept and a complex phenomenon, which has been much debated in recent years. In some high-risk activities, like the operating of nuclear power plants, transparency, traceability and standardisation have become synonymous with issues of quality. Meanwhile, the experience-based knowledge that forms the basis of manuals and instructions is liable to decline. In the long-term, arguably, it is the cultural changes and its adverse impacts on co-operation, skill and ability of judgement that will pose the greater risks to the safety of nuclear plants and other high-risk facilities. Johan Berglund examines the background leading up to the Fukushima Daiichi accident in 2011 and highlights the function of practical proficiency in the quality and safety of high-risk activities. The accumulation of skill represents a more indirect and long-term approach to quality, oriented not towards short-term gains but (towards) delayed gratification. Risk management and quality professionals and academics will be interested in the links between skill, quality and safety-critical work as well as those interested in a unique insight into Japanese culture and working life as well as fresh perspectives on safety culture. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47616295043223,"sku":"9780367606015","price":2988.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780367606015.webp?v=1775112396","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/why-safety-cultures-degenerate-and-how-to-revive-them-9780367606015","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}