Engineering Culture 08May13

The Way We Do Things Around Here

Culture in the

Aviation Maintenance and

Engineering Environment

08 May 2013

A Conference presented by the

Human Factors Engineering Group

of the Royal Aeronautical Society

Vincent Building, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire

 

Synopsis

Culture is a term that nearly everyone uses, but few can agree upon its precise meaning or how it can be measured. One thing that is agreed upon, however, is its potential impact on the safety performance of an organization.

There are an abundance of definitions in social science literature … which taken together do suggest two sub-divisions. The first comprises the beliefs, attitudes and values (often unspoken) of an organization’s membership. The second is the more concrete structures, practices, controls and policies of an organisation.

This Conference is all about exploring the criticality of culture, some of the key issues and how addressing culture becomes a positive force for improvement in any organization. Civil, military and other complex environments will all feature as we explore and explain “the way we do things around here” from an aviation engineering and maintenance perspective.

Please select presentations from the agenda below.