Description
Book SynopsisSafety Management Systems and their Origins: Insights from the Aviation Industry presents different perspectives on SMS to better decode what it means as a safety approach and what it implicitly conveys beyond safety.
The book uses the aviation industry as a basis for analyzing where the SMS stands in terms of safety enhancement. Through a socio-historical analysis of how SMSs emerged and spread across high-risk industries and countries, the book also explains the other stakes underpinning this new approach to safety management.
Features:
- Explores SMS as it is implemented in aviation based on examples from several countries and regions, namely the UK, USA, and Australia.
- Presents a socio-historical analysis of how SMSs emerged in high-risk industries.
- Provides insights to explain the existing limitations of SMS.
- Proposes new avenues to reach beyond the limitations of SMS.
- Discusses the COVID-19
Table of Contents
1. Introduction. 2. A Composite Methodology. 3. Safety Actors’ Version: The SMS as the New Safety Frontier. 4. What Does the SMS Actually Do and Is It Up to Its Safety Promises?. 5. Why Did the SMS Emerge and Spread?. 6. Beyond the SMS: Towards More Contextualized Perspectives on Safety. 7. Conclusion. Epilogue. The Covid-19 Pandemic: An Amplifier Case Study. Appendix. Description of the Main Aviation Stakeholders.
