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safety culture
attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and values that employees and organizations share in relation to safety
Team
number of people who work together toward a common goal; teams have a defined membership.
Group
people who merely have something in common with other members.
Groupthink
a mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involved in a cohesive ingroup, when the members’ strivings for unanimity override their motivation to realistically appraise alternative courses of action
normalization of deviance
even though behaviors clearly violate safety rules, people within an organization become accustomed to them if they do not immediately cause a catastrophic failure
Total System Design
a comprehensive and integrated design is developed for an entire system rather than focusing on individual components or subsystems in isolation.
Crew Resource Management
training flight crews to reduce “pilot error” by enhancing team aspects of flight operations, including interpersonal communication, leadership, situation awareness, and decision making
Hazard
is something that can potentially cause harm to a person or damage property
Risk
is the probability that a hazard will cause harm or damage
Risk analysis
estimation of consequences associated with particular errors
The Premortem Strategy
a decision-making technique that aims to identify potential problems and risks before a project is implemented.
mental contrasting
imagining the obstacles that may prevent you from reaching your goal
cognitive reframing
viewing something from a different perspective, or in a different context
prospective hindsight
considering a future outcome as if it has already happened, and conceiving of (and generating explanations for) the events that led up to it
Peltzman effect
hypothesized tendency for people to react to a driving safety regulation by increasing other risky behaviour, offsetting some or all of the benefit of the regulation
