• DocumentCode
    1727924
  • Title

    Cultivating management awareness of human performance issues

  • Author

    Briant, Victoria ; Germann, Raymond

  • Author_Institution
    GPU Nucl. Corp., Parsippany, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    1992
  • Firstpage
    474
  • Lastpage
    476
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HFPP.1992.283361
  • Filename
    283361