Engineering Management Framework to Achieve Safety of a Service of an Organization Based on Social Acceptance

Yuichi Otsuka, Hiroshi Noguchi

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Top Runner Incubation Center for Academia-Industry Fusion, Nagaoka University of Technology, Niigata, Japan.

DOI: 10.4236/ojsst.2012.21003                

Abstract

We aim at a management framework of an organization in order to achieve its safety in a limited case for a system in-volving the organization for the service, its users and the surrounding society. The proposed framework is possible to allow safety managers to specify tasks involving safety measures based on the concept of “a study of safety”. In the beginning, we discuss the definitions of safety and acceptance, which will be the target of safety management. Next, problems in which the hierarchy of components in the safety systems involves are noted. We then propose the following details of the management framework to achieve the safety of the service of the organization based on acceptance by the surrounding society. Applications of the components in the proposed framework are effectively demonstrated. The shown application can aid in visualizing a way of specification of the proposed concept in a target system.

Keywords

Safety Theory; System Management; Organizational Safety; Incident Report; Safety Rule; Hierarchy

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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