Safety Culture: An Innovative Leadership Approach

Safety Culture, Second Edition, provides safety professionals, corporate safety leaders, members of leadership, and college students an updated book on safety leadership and techniques for the development of a safety culture. The book offers guidance on the development, implementation, and communication of a Safety Management System.

The Second Edition includes a discussion on the perception of safety, analyzing the safety culture, developing a communications network, employee involvement, risk perception, curation, and tools to enhance the Safety Management System.

Updated materials on the Activity-Based Safety System, Job Hazard Analysis, and Safety TrainingNew sections on safety leadership and its applicationA new chapter on Developing a Content Creation Strategy supporting the Safety Management SystemAn array of suggested software and social media tools

Part 1: Laying the Foundation 1. Defining the Perception of Safety 2. Analyzing the Organizational Culture 3. Analyzing and Using Your Network 4. Establishing the Direction for the Safety Culture

Part 2: Safety Management Systems Defined 5. Overview of Basic Safety Management Systems 6. Creating the Safety Process 7. Evaluating Leadership and the Safety Culture 8. Getting Employee Involvement in the Safety Management System

Part 3: How to Handle the Perception of Risk 9. Defining Risk Perception 10. Understanding Basic Risk Management Principles

Part 4: Tools to Enhance Your Safety Management System 11. Developing an Activity-Based Safety System 12. Using the Job Hazard Analysis 13. Developing Safety Training Needs 14. Assessing Your Safety Management System

Part 5: Curation Resources 15. Curating for a Safety Management System 16. Developing a Content Creation Strategy 17. Glossary