Process safety management : leveraging networks and communities of practice for continuous improvement / / Chitram Lutchman. [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910703128003321
• Autore: Lutchman Chitram
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2014
• ISBN: 0-429-09797-2; 1-62870-731-3; 1-4665-5363-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): EvansDouglas; MaharajRohanie; SharmaRamesh
• Disciplina: 363.11; 670.289
• Soggetti: Industrial safety - Management; Communities of practice; Continuous improvement process
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Font Cover; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Authors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; How Do We Define Networks?; Reference; Chapter 1 Process Safety Management ( PSM); Chapter 2 Historical Perspective: A Review of Operationally Disciplined and Excellent Organizations Where Process Safety Management Is Entrenched; Chapter 3 Leadership Behaviors for Network Performance, and Operational Discipline and Excellence; Chapter 4 Shared Learning in Safety; Chapter 5 Creating Expert Networks for Generating Continuous Improvements; Chapter 6 Leveraging Networks and Communities of Practice for Long-Term SuccessChapter 7 Activation and Tenure of Networks; Chapter 8 Network Focus and Work Priorities; Chapter 9 Establishing Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs) for Stewarding Organizational Performance; Chapter 10 Challenges Faced by Organizations in Managing Networks; Chapter 11 Network Coordination: The Leadership Challenge; Chapter 12 A Network at Work; Conclusion; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: In a thin margins business environment characterized by scarce ; resources, operational discipline and excellence drives stakeholder confidence and corporate performance. Networks and communities of practices ensure sustained and continuous improvements in business. This book provides a simple path forward for organizations to recognize the benefits of Networks and to proactively establish and support them within organizations to generate continuous and sustained improvement in work practices, procedures and business performance.