Abstract
This chapter discusses present and emerging challenges identified by senior managers and safety experts. Data for this international study has been collected in
discussions, structured interviews, group exercises, and questionnaires as part of
the LearnSafe project, funded by the European Commission. LearnSafeʼs main
objective is to create methods and tools for supporting processes of organizational
learning at nuclear power plants. Organizational learning has become increasingly
important for the nuclear industry in its adaptation to a changing political and
economic environment, changing regulatory requirements, a changing work force,
a changing plant technology, and the changing organizations. The project focuses
on senior managers responsible for strategic choice and resource allocation. The
first phase of the LearnSafe project concentrates on management of change, and the
second phase concentrates on organizational learning.
discussions, structured interviews, group exercises, and questionnaires as part of
the LearnSafe project, funded by the European Commission. LearnSafeʼs main
objective is to create methods and tools for supporting processes of organizational
learning at nuclear power plants. Organizational learning has become increasingly
important for the nuclear industry in its adaptation to a changing political and
economic environment, changing regulatory requirements, a changing work force,
a changing plant technology, and the changing organizations. The project focuses
on senior managers responsible for strategic choice and resource allocation. The
first phase of the LearnSafe project concentrates on management of change, and the
second phase concentrates on organizational learning.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Emerging Demands for the Safety of Nuclear Power Operations |
| Subtitle of host publication | Challenge and Response |
| Editors | Naosuke Itoigawa, Babette Fahlbruch, Bernhard Wilpert |
| Place of Publication | Boca Raton |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
| Chapter | 2 |
| Pages | 17-29 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-0-429-22048-7 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0-415-32834-9, 978-0-415-32834-0 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
| MoE publication type | A3 Part of a book or another research book |