Organizational culture during the accident response process
Description
The ability of an organization to effectively move from an anticipatory to an ad hoc strategy may well depend on the organization having the ability to balance these two apparently dichotomous cultural styles. The organization which is most capable of making the necessary transition in an optimal manner may well exhibit some aspects of both cultural styles during normal operations. Data collected at one NPP does exhibit this pattern of results, with the organization exhibiting a clear hierarchical chain of command and perceived conventional behavioral expectations as well as exhibiting a more decentralized and collegial approach to decisionmaking, a team work orientation, and informal communications. Thus, it is expected that this organization possesses the capabilities to make a successful transition from an anticipatory to an ad hoc strategy. Data collected at a second NPP more strongly exhibits the traditional style suggested as being important during the anticipatory strategy, with more formal communications and bureaucratically controlled decision-making. This organization may experience difficulty if faced with the need to make a transition from an anticipatory to an ad hoc strategy. These conclusions are further validated based on observation of Emergency Preparedness Exercise Inspections, which suggest that the more anticipatory types of behaviors actually inhibit successful performance during an ad hoc response. The final validation of these hypotheses needs to be demonstrated with cultural data collected during emergency simulations. The mechanism to obtain such data during these types of situations is an area for future research
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Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 5 p.
- Report number
- BNL-NUREG--47342
Conference
- Title
- American Nuclear Society annual meeting.
- Dates
- 7-12 Jun 1992.
- Place
- Boston, MA (United States).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 24012508
- Subject category
- S99: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Quality check status
- Yes
- Descriptors DEI
- EMERGENCY PLANS; MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PLANNING; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR SAFETY;
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; SAFETY; THERMAL POWER PLANTS;
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- Contract AC02-76CH00016
- Funding organization
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States).
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-920606--37.