Human factors - Top ten - 7. Organisational culture (and development)

Introductory resources

• Human factors briefing note no. 18: Leadership, Energy Institute (2011) (http://www.energyinst.org.uk/humanfactors/bn).
• Human factors briefing note no. 9: Safety culture, Energy Institute (2011) (http://www.energyinst.org.uk/humanfactors/bn).
• Managing human performance, Briefing Note 7, Safety Culture, HSE (2004)  (http://www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/briefingnotes.htm).  
• Human factors topic area: Safety Culture, HSE, http://www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/index.htm).  (See topic, ‘Organisational Culture’).
• Inspectors’ human factors toolkit: Safety Culture, HSE (2004)  (http://www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/toolkit.htm).
• Successful health and safety management, HS(G)65, HSE Books, 2nd edition (2000), ISBN 0 7176 1276 7 (http://www.hsebooks.com).
• Reducing error and influencing behaviour, HSE HS(G)48, HSE Books (1999), ISBN 0 7176 2452 8 (http://www.hsebooks.com).
• Human factors – 20 critical HSE elements, The International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (http://info.ogp.org.uk/hf).
• Summary guide to climate safety tools, HSE OTO 1999/063 HSE Books (2001), ISBN 0 7176 1958 3 (http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/publish.htm).
• Lessons from Longford: The Esso gas plant explosion, Hopkins, A., CCH Australia Ltd. (2000), ISBN 1 86468 422 4.
• Safety culture application guide, PRISM (2003) (http://www.prism-network.org).
• Behavioural safety application guide, PRISM (2002) (http://www.prism-network.org).
• Development of the best practice guidance on optimising human behaviour for small and medium sized enterprises, PRISM (2004) (http://www.prism-network.org).
• Human Factors and Behavioural Safety, Second edition, Stranks, J. (2007), Butterworth-Heinemann, ISBN 978-0-566-08798-1.

Practical tools

• Changing minds - a practical guide for behavioural change in the oil and gas industry, Step Change in Safety, (http://www.stepchangeinsafety.net).
• Hearts and Minds: SAFE: Safety Appraisals for Everyone, Shell International E&P B.V., (http://www.safeappraisals.org).
• Hearts and Minds: Understanding your culture, Shell International E&P B.V., (http://www.energyinst.org/heartsandminds).
• The Safety Culture Snapshot, New Zealand Dept. of Labour (http://www.dol.govt.nz/). 

Advanced resources

• Safety culture and risk: the organisational causes of disaster, Hopkins, A., (2005), CCH Australia: Sydney) ISBN 1 921022 25 6.
• Just culture: Balancing safety and accountability, Dekker, A. (2007), Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, Hampshire, ISBN 0 7546 7267 8.
• ACSNI study group on human factors, Third report: Organising for safety Health and Safety Commission, HSE Books (1993), ISBN 0 7176 0865 4 (http://www.hsebooks.com).
• Controlling the controllable, Groeneweg, J., 4th edition, DSWO Press, Leiden University, the Netherlands (1998).
• Managing the risks of organisational accidents, Reason, J.(1997), Ashgate, Aldershot.
• Safety culture, International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group Safety Series No. 75-INSAG-4, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (1991).
• Safety culture maturity model, HSE OTR 2000/049, HSE Books (2001), ISBN 0 7176 1919 2 (http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/publish.htm).
• Behaviour modification programmes: establishing best practice, HSE OTR 2000/048, HSE Books (2001), ISBN 0 7176 1920 6 (http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/publish.htm).
• Behaviour modification to improve safety: literature review, HSE OTR 2000/003, HSE Books, ISBN 0 7176 1893 5 (http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/publish.htm).
• Strategies to promote safe behaviour as part of a health and safety management system, HSE CRR430/2002 (2002), HSE Books, ISBN 0 7176 2352 1 (http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/publish.htm).
• Factoring the human into safety: Translating research into practice, Volume 1: Benchmarking human and organisational factors in offshore safety, HSE RR 059, HSE Books (2003), ISBN 0 7176 2694 6 (http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/publish.htm).
• Measuring the safety climate: Identifying the common features, Flin, R., Mearns, K., O'Connor, P., and Bryden, R. Safety Science, 34, 177-192 (2000).
• Safety Culture: A review of the literature, Health and Safety Laboratory, Human Factors Group (2002), HSL/2002/25 (http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/hsl/index.htm).
• Improving safety culture: A practical guide, Cooper, D.  (1997). John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-0471958215.
• Safety culture: Assessing and changing the behaviour of organisations, Taylor, J.B. (2010), Gower Applied Research, ISBN 978-1409401278.