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oapen-20.500.12657-528452022-02-15T02:50:02Z Contracting and Safety Hayes, Jan Tillement, Stéphanie Risk Governance Contracting Safety Supply Chain Management Subcontracting Safety Regulation Contractor Safety Safety in Outsourcing Open Access bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TG Mechanical engineering & materials::TGP Production engineering::TGPR Reliability engineering bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBL Sociology: work & labour bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV8 Purchasing & supply management bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCD Economics of industrial organisation This open access book examines the increase in outsourcing, contracting and subcontracting as ways of organising work. It explores the impact of these employment arrangements on public safety, particularly when they are linked to complex supply networks in a range of engineering industries including oil and gas, nuclear power and aviation. The brief provides practical recommendations on how best to manage arrangements that target short-term profitability and also maintain excellence in long-term safety outcomes. The brief is a source of advice for organisations on how to maximise the benefits and minimise long-term system reliability issues that can be introduced by contracting and outsourcing, rather than assuming it to be a wholly negative or positive practice. Contracting and Safety comprises qualitative, empirical studies focusing on high-reliability organisation. As such, this brief provides a rich picture of the experience of working in complex supply chains. It will be of interest to researchers in industrial safety, as well as safety professionals and project managers within engineering industries. 2022-02-14T21:18:20Z 2022-02-14T21:18:20Z 2022 book ONIX_20220214_9783030897925_17 9783030897925 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52845 eng SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology; SpringerBriefs in Safety Management application/pdf n/a 978-3-030-89792-5.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-030-89792-5 Springer Nature Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-030-89792-5 10.1007/978-3-030-89792-5 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 a912c1ff-d398-433b-bdc0-5522b55185fb 9783030897925 Springer International Publishing 116 Cham [grantnumber unknown] open access
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This open access book examines the increase in outsourcing, contracting and subcontracting as ways of organising work. It explores the impact of these employment arrangements on public safety, particularly when they are linked to complex supply networks in a range of engineering industries including oil and gas, nuclear power and aviation. The brief provides practical recommendations on how best to manage arrangements that target short-term profitability and also maintain excellence in long-term safety outcomes. The brief is a source of advice for organisations on how to maximise the benefits and minimise long-term system reliability issues that can be introduced by contracting and outsourcing, rather than assuming it to be a wholly negative or positive practice. Contracting and Safety comprises qualitative, empirical studies focusing on high-reliability organisation. As such, this brief provides a rich picture of the experience of working in complex supply chains. It will be of interest to researchers in industrial safety, as well as safety professionals and project managers within engineering industries.
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