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Leading a Safety Culture
Dr. Paul MelendezAssistant Dean, Executive EducationFounder, Center for Leadership Ethics
Professor of PracticeDepartment of Management and Organizations
Overview• Firefighting History Quiz• Culture:
-Defined-Characteristics-Impact on Management-Conflict-Function-Iceberg
• Leading a Safety Culture• Going Forward…
Culture Defined
…comes from Latin “cultura” which is related to cult or worship.
…the term refers to the result of human interaction.
…acquired knowledge that people use to interpret experience and generate social behavior. This knowledge forms values, creates attitudes, and influences behaviors.
…the way we do things here!
Characteristics of Culture
• Learned• Shared• Transgenerational• Symbolic• Patterned• Adaptive
Cultural Impact on Management
• Decision-Making• Rewards• Procedures• Organizational Loyalty• Cooperation v. Competition• Stability v. Innovation
Conflicting Cultures
Function of Culture
ProsFoster Understanding
Provide identity
Build Commitment
Facilitate Control
ConsInability to change
Disillusionment
Unethical behavior
Burnout
The Culture Iceberg
Artifacts
Values
Assumptions
Artifacts
Behavioral Symbols
Physical Symbols
Verbal Symbols
Values
Shared principles
Enduring beliefs
Reflect desirability
Assumptions
Often unconscious
Guides our perceptions
Determines what & why
Leading a Safety Culture
…defined as the ability of individuals or organizations to deal effectively with risks so as to avoid loss and yet still achieve organizational goals.
…a fire department with a strong safety culture should be able to get the fire out without any firefighter injuries or deaths.
…changing the safety culture of a fire department can challenge organizational identify which could lead to resistance, but through leadership change is possible.
Leading a Safety Culture
Behaviors
Values
Assumptions
CultureImage
Leading a Safety Culture
Culture
Organizational Identity
Leading a Safety Culture
Forms of Resistance:• Denial• Rationalization• Attributional Egoism• Self Aggrandizement• Melioration Bias• Rare-event Bias
Going Forward…
Factors for change:
I. Change in culture II. Change from the top down II. Change must be embracedIV. Change takes time
Thank You