Sacrificing Safety: Lessons for Chief Executives
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THIS A MUST-READ book on organizational safety
For any organization where potential exists for catastrophic risks in operations and,
A clear need to minimize the risk of major accidents.
Perhaps the greatest feature in the latest book by Professor Andrew Hopkins!
“Sacrificing Safety is arguably the most important book he has written because it encapsulates many of the key lessons from his other books on major accidents, risk, structure, culture and bonuses.” Kym Bill, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Adelaide.
Professor Hopkins’ principal argument is for an “organizational structure so the need to manage catastrophic risk effectively permeates the whole organization, just as does the production imperative”.
Synopsis:
Large companies are carefully designed to maximise profit. If they are exposed to catastrophic risks, they must also be carefully designed to ensure that these risks are effectively managed. This imperative must be built into their organisational structure just as fundamentally as is the profit motive. This book shows how to do this. It provides a model that CEOs and their senior executives should apply to their own organisations.
The value of a corporate eBook licence:
Significant savings on the cost of hard copies and freight.
Allows the key safety messages to be spread to may levels within the organisation.
Allows easy integration into formal safety online learning programs.
Book Reviews
“Sacrificing Safety is arguably the most important book he has written because it encapsulates many of the key lessons from his other books on major accidents, risk, structure, culture and bonuses.” Kym Bill, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Adelaide.