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Sikkerhetskultur på Kystverkets fartøy
Full text linkDenne masteroppgaven undersøker hva som skaper og påvirker sikkerhetskulturen i Kystverket og hvilke tiltak som kan føre til forbedringer av sikkerhetskulturen. Interessen for sikkerhetskultur skjøt fart i løpet av 1980-tallet, og kan sees på som deler av den «kulturelle vendingen» som skjedde innenfor organisasjonsforskningsfeltet på denne tiden (Kongsvik, 2013, s. 110). For å forstå sikkerhetskultur er det viktig at man vet hvordan en kultur skapes og påvirkes, samt hvilke komponenter som er nødvendig for å bygge en god sikkerhetskultur (Reason, 1997, s. 195). Risiko og risikostyring er temaer som inngår i arbeidet til Kystverket og er noe de ansatte må tenke på daglig. Individer har forskjellige forhold til risiko og ulike risikopersepsjoner, det er derfor viktig å ha en sikkerhetskultur som ikke lar individuelle forskjeller komme ut av kontroll og påvirke sikkerhetskulturen negativt (Eid & Johnsen, 2018, s. 100).
På bakgrunn av dette er følgende problemstilling utarbeidet: Hva skaper og påvirker sikkerhetskulturen i Kystverket og hvilke tiltak kan føre til forbedring av sikkerhetskulturen? For å svare på dette er det utarbeidet tre forskningsspørsmål som tar for seg forståelse og skapelse av sikkerhetskultur, hva som påvirker sikkerhetskulturen og hva som kan forbedre sikkerhetskulturen. Oppgaven er en kvalitativ case-studie der empiri er hentet inn gjennom telefonintervju av ni respondenter på tre forskjellige fartøy fra Kystverket. Oppgaven konkluderer med at det eksisterer høy kompetanse blant de ansatte og at sikkerhetskulturen om bord på fartøyene er relativt god, men at det finnes mangler på enkelte områder som kan forbedres. Områder som burde sees nærmere på av Kystverket og forbedres er opplæring, avvikssystemet og bruk av verneutstyr
Green Boating : Nordic boat owners' attitudes towards boating in the Baltic Sea
No full textThe coastal and archipelago areas in the Baltic Sea are popular destinations for a number of tourists. An important group of tourists is boaters, who visit the coastal areas during a short summer period. Boat owners are sometimes pictured as having a great interest for the nature and a willingness to do right. Pollution from pleasure boats such as discharges of oil and fuel, antifouling paints and cleaning agents have a negative impact on the coastal environment. Environmentally sound alternatives exist to some extent, but are not very common. Sustainable alternatives for boaters are lacking behind. One of the underlying purposes of this study was to understand how we can help boat owners change their behaviour and decrease the negative impact on the marine environment. The survey among boaters has been conducted in Finland, Sweden and Denmark with a web based survey ordered by the Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation together with Keep the Archipelago Tidy Association in Finland and the Danish Outdoor Council. The research was performed by SIFO Research International
Green Boating – Nordic boat owners’ attitudes towards boating in the Baltic Sea : TemaNord, 2009:510
No full textEffective crisis communication – results from a Swedish survey study : Final report submitted to the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
No full textTalking to me? : Risk communication to a diverse public
No full textThis thesis focuses on the process of communication of environmental risks. A basic assumption in this thesis is that even though ambitious risk communication efforts can take place, the intended recipients are left with a feeling of alienation: Talking to me? The thesis presents a review of theories developed in the field of risk communication research and theories concerning risk perception. Results in this thesis are based on the findings in four papers. The first two papers report results from traditional risk communication strategies that have taken place in Sweden in accordance with the Seveso II Directive. The third paper looks at how industry and organizations view participatory strategies that include stakeholders in risk debates. The fourth paper attempts to fuse together placeidentity and risk perception in order to broaden the understanding of environmental conflicts. The main results of this thesis can be summarized under three headings. First that there is no homogenous public in a risk communication context. Instead there seems to be a number of publics that differ in risk perception or have different environmental concerns. Second, strategies that tend to incorporate parts of the concerned public or stakeholders seem to work better than traditional risk communication efforts. Third, if discussion about risk are to be fruitful, the concept of risk needs to be broadened to include concerns that are not directly or apparently linked to issues of health or safety. Instead concerns such as local culture or local attachment need to be included. The purpose of this thesis is to suggest methods for communicating about environmental risks in order to make the affected public feel: Yes, you are talking to me.</p
Robust municipal decision making? A pilot study of applying robust decision making in three Swedish municipalities
No full textThe growing understanding of the increased frequency and severity of extreme weather events due to climate change demands action. Locally, measures to adapt must be taken without knowing exactly what will happen, where it will happen or what the consequences will be. To meet this need, a number of decision support tools have been developed and this article investigates how municipalities can implement Robust Decision support in their urban planning. Interviews with respondents from the municipalities were conducted. After this a series of workshops were held, where an RDM method was used on local situations and follow-up interviews assessed the success and potential of the tool. Results suggest that the process addresses uncertainty, encourages bottom-up approaches and provides a tool for creating adaptive pathways in a clear and concise manner. Despite these promising findings, the success of implementation on a broader scale is seen as limited due to organizational factors
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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