Exploring Goal Conflicts and How They Are Managed in a Biomedical Laboratory Using Rasmussen's Model of Boundaries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viji Vijayan ◽  
Anthony John Smoker
Keyword(s):  
Biomedical Laboratory ◽  
Goal Conflicts

Exploring Goal Conflicts and How They Are Managed in a Biomedical Laboratory Using Rasmussen’s Model of Boundaries

2020 ◽  
pp. 153567602091962
Author(s):  
Viji Vijayan ◽  
Anthony John Smoker
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Safety Systems ◽  
Biomedical Laboratory ◽  
Goal Conflicts

Introduction: Occupational health and safety management systems are widely used as a systematic approach to managing occupational health and safety. However, sometimes they are restrictive and underspecified to deal with dynamic workplace demands. Rasmussen used a model of boundaries to conceptualize this dynamic model of safety, where the space of possibilities lay within 3 boundaries and workers used various means to stay within the boundaries to remain both productive and safe at work. Methods: This study applied the Rasmussen model of boundaries to understand the factors that formed the boundaries, the gradients, and countergradients in a biomedical laboratory. Results: The most central goal was to be the first to publish, and this formed the boundary to scientific output failure; the boundary to unacceptable workload and boundary to functionally acceptable performance were the other 2 boundaries in line with the Rasmussen model. The workers had developed methods (mental risk assessment, teamwork, and experience and familiarity) of working, which ensured they remained productive and safe. This can be described as resilient performance, where resilience is not something that a system has but something it does to adjust their performance when faced with expected or unexpected changes. Discussion and Conclusion: A customized portfolio of rule-based non negotiable instructions and a risk assessment–based approach would be best suited for a biomedical laboratory. The workers have learned resilient performance on their own and unknowingly are already practicing this. It is now time to formally incorporate such practices into the safety systems of biomedical laboratories.

scholarly journals When the Tension Is Rising: A Simulation-Based Study on the Effects of Safety Incentive Programs and Behavior-Based Safety Management

Safety ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Sebastian Brandhorst ◽  
Annette Kluge
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Occupational Injuries ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Goal Conflict ◽  
Work Safety ◽  
Incentive Programs ◽  
Behavior Based ◽  
Goal Conflicts

When an organization’s management creates a goal conflict between workplace safety and the profitability of the organization, workers perceive work-safety tension. This leads to reduced safety-related behavior, culminating in higher rates of occupational injuries. In this study, we explored design components of behavior-based safety programs: audit results and process communication, reward and punishment, and the framing of production goals as gains or losses. This allowed us to directly observe the effects of the goal conflicts and of the countermeasures that we designed in this study. We examined the perceived work-safety tension using a simulated water treatment plant in a laboratory study with 166 engineering students. Participants had the task of conducting a start-up procedure. The operators’ goal conflict was created by a choice between a safe and mandatory (less productive) procedure and an unsafe and forbidden (more productive) one. As participants were told that their payment for the study would depend on their performance, we expected that rule violations would occur. We found acceptance of measures and their design as important for rule related behavior. Work-safety tension emerged as a strong driver for violating safety rules. We conclude that safety incentive programs can become ineffective if goal conflicts create work-safety tension.

Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, And Case Analysis

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia Anne Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Constructing Knowledge ◽  
Goal Conflicts

Today, some faculty members are trying to show students how to learn, not just teach them the subject matter. These faculty members believe that the acquisition of life-long learning skills will enhance a student's intellectual growth well beyond the semester's coursework. A typical active learning approach emphasizes the students' role in constructing knowledge by engaging in inquiry, critical thinking, and problem solving. The first part of this paper discusses what active learning is and why it is desirable; the second part suggests how to use two sided pedagogical approach, the A is for Analysis model (Taylor, 1998 ) and problem-based learning (Gallagher, 1997), to implement the concepts and help students recognize that context creates complexity. It is an experiential learning exercise that focuses on interpersonal relationships, goal conflicts, self­ awareness and social awareness of relationships.

Protocol based non-clinical biomedical laboratory data-collection

1980 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin C. O'kane ◽  
Floyd E. Leaders ◽  
Madeline C. Van Hoose
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Laboratory Data ◽  
Biomedical Laboratory
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