SAFE 802 - Safety Management Systems

Credits: 3
This seminar examines administrative concepts and principles regarding organizing and managing safety performance within an organization. The course is designed to explore the current research topics in managing safety including: dimensions of safety performance, management systems, culture & climate, decision-making & risk, leader-member relations, attitudes and values, & international and cultural issues. The course focuses on identifying underlying theoretical and conceptual frameworks characterizing organizational safety research and helping students develop a sense of the issues and questions that the field addresses.