{"product_id":"seven-bad-habits-of-safety-management-examining-systemic-failure-paperback","title":"Seven Bad Habits of Safety Management: Examining Systemic Failure - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMurray Ritchie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOccupational Health and Safety has been a growth industry for several decades and has moved beyond the realm of the human resource department and workers' compensation claims. However, the methodologies utilized and taught within the profession have changed little since the 1930s. The industry continues to operate in a \"comfort zone\" and, as such, has reached an improvement plateau. This important book examines seven of these antiquated comfort zones from their conceptions to implementation and explores why they fail to achieve the desired results and what alternatives are available. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSeven Bad Habits of Safety Management: Examining Systemic Failure\u003c\/em\u003e delivers seven focused chapters outlining the comfort zones they create and their impacts on new initiatives. Each critically analyses common safety practices exploring where they came from, why they fail, and a few alternatives being discussed around the world. Case studies underpin learning that will allow the reader to revisit and revise their current programs and campaigns to realise a better return on their safety investment. The book will allow the reader to better understand the root causes of systems failures faced daily in the management of health and safety and how to confront them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis readable and exciting text from an author with over 40 years of experience in occupational health and safety will appeal to students, researchers and professionals of process safety, occupational safety, safety engineering, human resources and business management.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMurray Ritchie\u003c\/strong\u003e is an occupational health and safety practitioner, researcher, educator, and speaker with 40 years of experience working with various industries, governments, and NGOs. He obtained a Master of Science degree in Occupational Safety and Health from the University of Greenwich, UK, late in life following a boots-on-the-ground career in the offshore oil and gas industry. He has worked on five continents consulting to a wide variety of industries, has served on program advisory boards for two colleges, and taught as a contract instructor for the University of Alberta Faculty of Extension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 102\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48361878094045,"sku":"9781032518381","price":138.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/70e5pRetOd9781032518381.webp?v=1786524967","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/seven-bad-habits-of-safety-management-examining-systemic-failure-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}