Open AccessSafety Culture as an Element of Organisation Culture of Transport Companies
Author(s) -
O. V. Efimova,
Yu. V. Komarova
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mir transporta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1992-3252
DOI - 10.30932/1992-3252-2019-17-3-234-245
Subject(s) - safety culture , organizational culture , sophistication , element (criminal law) , organizational safety , business , process (computing) , maturity (psychological) , public relations , knowledge management , marketing , process management , management , organizational engineering , organizational studies , political science , computer science , sociology , economics , law , social science , operating system
To perform the basic management functions, a developed organizational culture is required. It is based on a system of common values, beliefs and norms that are formed for all employees of a given organization as a result of a complex process of interacting.The article proposes to consider the «safety culture» (including, for example, traffic safety culture, environmental safety, labor activity safety culture) as an element interconnected with all other elements of organizational culture. This is especially relevant for transport companies, including JSC Russian Railways, where technology development and technological sophistication are progressing rapidly andwhere, for objective reasons related to nature of the activity, the level of occupational injuries is high.Organizational culture is considered in the article, as a set of functional cultures in the field of corporate management, interaction and communication, labor organization, safety culture, and interaction with external clients.JSC Russian Railways uses modern technologies and sophisticated technology in its activities, while there are infrastructural restrictions; all this is a source of safety risks and threats. Therefore, the maturity level of safety culture, as well as its assessment are of great importance both for development of the organizational culture, and for the company.