Toward High Reliability Project Organizing in Safety-Critical Projects

Saunders, Fiona C.

doi:10.1002/pmj.21498

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“…After excluding duplicate studies, the titles and abstracts were screened for 2724 records, and after all inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied 15 studies were included in the qualitative synthesis using the CASP tool ( Table 2). Of the 15 studies, seven studies [23,[36][37][38][39][40][41] were identified through hand searching of the reference lists of all studies [23,27,30,[36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47].…”

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“…They also found out that the strategies used to prevent production errors minimised the likelihood of accidents, restricting work interruptions and control of production pressures; using skilled personnel for specific task played a vital role in managing safety and productivity [38]. Saunders [40], in her study on safety critical projects, observed that they are similarities between safety critical projects and HROs, and lessons can be learnt to improve the management of safety critical projects [40]. Management plays a key role in safety management; therefore, for project management practitioners to succeed, they need to be trained to maintain an attitude of mindfulness and conscious deliberation, and be flexible while maintaining focus on project goals [40].…”

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“…Odle et al [39] explored the opportunities and challenges of HRO principles benefiting construction management (CM). Saunders [40] examined the possibility of previous literature on HROs, providing valuable lessons to improve the management of safety critical projects, in which safety performance is of high importance, and hazard needs to be controlled in order not to harm personnel, the public, and environment [40]. HRO research in construction industry is still emerging although at a slow space, and very few empirical studies are available, and that is reflected in the numbers of our final included studies in this review.…”

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“…Saunders., 2015; UK [40] HROs claim to be special organisations that have consistently demonstrated safe performance in operating environments, which are simultaneously of high technical complexity, high consequence and high tempo [40].…”

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“…Six of the studies explored the application and benefits of HRO principles in construction and the barriers [23,[38][39][40]43,45]; four other studies [27,30,42,46] were in general HRO research on origin of HRO, concepts, applicability, and benefits to reliability-seeking organisations. Three studies [36,37,44] were from aerospace, nuclear, and oil and gas industries, and two studies [41,47] were from the health care sector.…”

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confidence: 99%

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A Systematic Review on High Reliability Organisational Theory as a Safety Management Strategy in Construction

Enya

Pillay

Dempsey

2018

Safety

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This study examines the available evidence of high reliability organisational (HRO) theory as a strategy to manage construction safety: (1) Background: High reliability organisations (HROs) have been under investigation by organisational scholars to understand how they function at an exceptionally high level with few or no accidents under challenging circumstances. The construction industry is a high risk industry and is also known for a high fatality rate around the world. This systematic review examines the available evidence of HROs as a strategy to manage construction safety; (2) Methods: A systematic review to summarise and critically appraise the literature on high reliability organisational theory, aimed at improving construction safety; (3) Results: Of 2724 articles found, fifteen studies met the inclusion criteria for qualitative synthesis and review. Six of the studies were from construction, four were from general HROs research, two were from health care, and three were from the aerospace, oil and gas, and nuclear industries; (4) Conclusion: Based on the available evidence, transferring the practices and principles of HROs to construction, the validation of proposed assessing tools and a consensus HRO definitions are the major issues identified.

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A Systematic Review on High Reliability Organisational Theory as a Safety Management Strategy in Construction

Enya

Pillay

Dempsey

2018

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Building Resilience in Temporary Organizations: Lessons from a Shipyard

Russel

Tillement

Journé

2021

Towards Resilient Organizations and Societies

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This chapter discusses the organizational and occupational dimensions of resilience in temporary organizing contexts and how these contribute to sustained reliable performance. When dealing with issues related to high levels of safety in complex settings, longstanding organizations with strong organizational routines are often described as the most appropriate forms of organizing. However, temporary forms of organizing are developing and little is known on how actors engaged in such contexts can enhance and sustain resilience when facing uncertainty in safety-critical contexts. This chapter addresses this gap in the literature by demonstrating that temporary organizations, such as project-based ones, can also deal with major safety issues, and that temporary forms of organizing can help complex projects to be efficiently and safely carried out. We examine this proposition by studying the case of an inter-organizational and safety-critical project: the construction by a shipyard of a series of ships. Looking at the meso-level, i.e. the occupational groups involved in the project, we show how temporary forms of organizing and occupational groups together contribute to the resilience of the whole project. We highlight that the ability of the project to coordinate temporary organizing forms is key in achieving (safe) performance.

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