Title :
Cultivating management awareness of human performance issues
Author :
Briant, Victoria ; Germann, Raymond
Author_Institution :
GPU Nucl. Corp., Parsippany, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The thesis that the culture of an organization can have such a strong impact on people´s behavior that it could affect the safe operation of the nuclear power plant is examined. The authors´ specific experience related to this topic is reported. ´Milepost marker´ actions which were used to cultivate management awareness of human performance issues are discussed.<>
Keywords :
fission reactor operation; fission reactor safety; management; nuclear power stations; personnel; power station control; culture; human performance; management; milepost marker; nuclear power stations; organization; personnel; safety; Earth; Engineering management; Hafnium; Human factors; Industrial accidents; Knowledge management; Production systems; Psychology; Quality management; Safety;
Conference_Titel :
Human Factors and Power Plants, 1992., Conference Record for 1992 IEEE Fifth Conference on
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0888-3
DOI :
10.1109/HFPP.1992.283361
