DEVELOPING A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF AIRLINE SAFETY IN NEW ZEALAND: A SYSTEMS THINKING APPROACH

Airline safety tends to result from a combination of many different circumstances that include technical, human, environmental and organizational factors. By using the systems thinking tools of qualitative system dynamics, this paper develops a conceptual causal loop diagram that connects possible influential factors on airline safety. This theoretical investigation constitutes a sound basis for the development of cause-effect relationships associated with accident and incident analysis in the air transport industry. Our findings suggest that causal loop modelling is a very useful tool for producing a comprehensive model of airline safety management that takes into account the multi-dimensional and complex nature of air safety mechanisms. It is hoped that the airline industry, and particularly air safety managers, will become more aware of the importance of this kind of modelling to mprove their airline safety management systems.

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Competitive Dynamics Between Multinational Companies and Local Rivals in Emerging Markets

FIIB Business Review ◽

10.1177/2319714520939673 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 189-204

Author(s):

Osama Sam Al-Kwifi ◽

Allam K. Abu Farha ◽

Wael S. Zaraket

Keyword(s):

Airline Industry ◽

Global Economy ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Multinational Companies ◽

Influential Factors ◽

Complex Nature ◽

Competitive Advantages ◽

Developed Economies ◽

Competitive Environments ◽

Action Strategy

Multinational Companies from Emerging Economies (EMNCs) have become key players in the global economy. EMNCs have started to operate in highly dynamic, competitive environments where they are faced with competition from multinational companies (MNCs) from developed economies. This study applied Mutlu et al.’s (2015) awareness–motivation–capability (AMC) framework to the airline industry to investigate how EMNCs outperform MNCs. The development of each round of Mutlu et al.’s framework was tested using secondary data sources that cover 16 years, from 2001 to 2016. A fourth round, relating to the determination of ‘who will be the market leader’, was added to the framework and tested. The findings demonstrate that firms’ awareness and capabilities evolve in each round to develop the competitive advantages required to enhance their market position. The complex nature of competition requires firms to analyse information constantly to define key influential factors and to build essential capabilities and resources to initiate an action strategy quickly. From a managerial perspective, it is important for managers to build a comprehensive view of the competition and understand how this competition is evolving over time, to develop capabilities, pursue new opportunities and predict competitors’ responses.

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Benefits of systems thinking for a human and organizational factors approach to safety management

Environment Systems & Decisions ◽

10.1007/s10669-018-9692-7 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 38 (3) ◽

pp. 353-366 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jean-François Vautier ◽

Nicolas Dechy ◽

Thierry Coye de Brunélis ◽

Guillaume Hernandez ◽

Richard Launay ◽

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Keyword(s):

Systems Thinking ◽

Safety Management ◽

Organizational Factors ◽

Human And Organizational Factors

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Methodical approaches to managing economic safety of tourism enterprises

Regional Economy ◽

10.36818/1562-0905-2020-1-17 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 160-164

Author(s):

Leonid Tsubov ◽

Oresta Shcherban

Keyword(s):

Safety Management ◽

Integrated Approach ◽

Small Enterprise ◽

Complex Nature ◽

Efficient Management ◽

Tourism Enterprises ◽

High Level ◽

Functional Components ◽

Stimulation Control

The set of scientific-methodological tools to secure the mechanism of economic safety management of tourism entrepreneurship is examined as an aggregate of methods, tools, and conceptual activities directed at maintaining the high level of economic safety of tourism entrepreneurship. The features of managing the tourism enterprise and economic safety are analyzed. The basic valuation principles of the reliability and efficiency of the economic safety of the tourism enterprise are determined. The basic tasks of ensuring the economic safety of a small enterprise are outlined. The need to use the integrated approach that secures more opportunities to avoid threats and limits the danger of their emergence is emphasized. The most important principles for securing the economic safety of the tourism enterprise on the microeconomic level are described. Possible practical methods of risk management for the implementation of adopted decisions are proposed. The paper proves the fact that the complex nature of the management of the economic safety of the tourism enterprise and securing the sufficiently efficient management system of detecting and eliminating the threats are provided by the establishment of the management of the economic safety system of the tourism enterprise and its functional components. Research of the methodical approaches to the management of the tourism enterprises’ economic safety allows building and describing the functional structure of the mechanism of management of the tourist enterprise’s economic safety (it is formalized and described by 5 functions: determination of aims; planning; organization and adjusting; motivation and stimulation; control and monitoring).

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A systems thinking based method for assessing safety management best practices in construction

Safety Science ◽

10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105345 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 141 ◽

pp. 105345

Author(s):

Marcelle Engler Bridi ◽

Carlos Torres Formoso ◽

Tarcisio Abreu Saurin

Keyword(s):

Best Practices ◽

Systems Thinking ◽

Safety Management

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Identification of systems thinking aspects in ISO 45001:2018 on occupational health & safety management

Safety Science ◽

10.1016/j.ssci.2022.105671 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 148 ◽

pp. 105671

Author(s):

Nektarios Karanikas ◽

David Weber ◽

Kaitlyn Bruschi ◽

Sophia Brown

Keyword(s):

Occupational Health ◽

Systems Thinking ◽

Safety Management ◽

Health Safety

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PENYALAH GUNAAN NAZA (Narkotika dan Zat aditif lainnya) OLEH INSAN PENERBANGAN DAN ANCAMAN TERHADAP KESELAMATAN PENERBANGAN

Aviasi : Jurnal Ilmiah Kedirgantaraan ◽

10.52186/aviasi.v15i2.11 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Mochammad Fatchoelqorib ◽

Bekti Setiadi

Keyword(s):

Human Resources ◽

Airline Industry ◽

Safety Management ◽

Low Cost ◽

Aviation Industry ◽

Flight Safety ◽

Growing Up ◽

Flight Crew ◽

The Government ◽

Operational Aspects

Since the Government of Indonesia made deregulation in several aspect of aviation industry early of this century, the development of airline industry shows thremendestly. There are many new Low Cost Air Carrier “growing up like mushrum in the rainy season”. Some of side effect of this fast growing are concerning with flight safety, especialy in maintenance, human resources and operational aspects. Flight Safety is mandatory in all aspect of aviation industry, there is no room for relaxation or dispensation regarding safety. Air crew especialy Pilot has huges responsibility in Flight Safety during flight, their healthy condition and eligibility of technical of flight should be maintain at all times. Missuse of narcotic will jeoperdize both healthy and ability in their profesional perform. In this journal we will focus on human resources aspect regarding legislation of missuse of narcotic among flight crew and implementation of safety management of aviation personel.

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Unique Reporting Form: Flight Crew Auditing of Everyday Performance in an Airline Safety Management System

Lecture Notes in Computer Science - Human Interface and the Management of Information. Information and Interaction ◽

10.1007/978-3-642-02559-4_87 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 806-815 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Maria Chiara Leva ◽

Alison Kay ◽

Joan Cahill ◽

Gabriel Losa ◽

Sharon Keating ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Management System ◽

Safety Management ◽

Flight Crew ◽

Safety Management System ◽

Airline Safety ◽

Everyday Performance

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Systemic characteristics of a Human and Organizational Factors (HOF) approach of safety management

Cybernetics and Systems ◽

10.4324/9780429486982-99 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 482-487 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jean-François Vautier ◽

Nicolas Dechy ◽

Thierry Coye de Brunélis ◽

Guillaume Hernandez ◽

Richard Launay

Keyword(s):

Safety Management ◽

Organizational Factors ◽

Human And Organizational Factors

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Information-As-System in Information Systems

Emerging Systems Approaches in Information Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-976-2.ch007 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 99-118

Author(s):

Tuan M. Nguyen ◽

Huy V. Vo

Keyword(s):

Information Systems ◽

Structure Function ◽

Conceptual Model ◽

Systems Thinking ◽

Systems Approach ◽

Complex Nature ◽

Holistic Thinking ◽

Proposed Model ◽

Nature Of Information

This article investigates the complex nature of information in information systems (IS). Based on the systems thinking framework, this study argues that information in IS is a system in its own right. A conceptual model of information-as-system is built on the systems thinking perspective adopted from Gharajedaghi’s holistic thinking rooted from Ackoff systems approach, which is developed through Peirce’s semiotics with the validity support of Metcalfe and Powell’s perspective of information perception, Mingers and Brocklesby’s schema of situational actions, Toulmin’s theory of argumentation and Ulrich’s theory of systems boundary. The proposed model of information-as-systems is described in terms of triads–on the structure, function, and process, all interdependent–in a context of information-as-system in IS.

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Complexity Theory and System Dynamics for Project Risk Management

Advances in IT Personnel and Project Management - Handbook of Research on Leveraging Risk and Uncertainties for Effective Project Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-1790-0.ch008 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 152-176 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Robert J. Chapman

Keyword(s):

System Dynamics ◽

Systems Thinking ◽

Complexity Theory ◽

Systems Dynamics ◽

Risk And Uncertainty ◽

Causal Loop ◽

General Systems ◽

Big Picture ◽

Causal Loop Diagrams ◽

Managing Risk

As a consequence of the consensus that projects are growing in complexity from ever ambitious goals there is a perpetual search for methods aimed at pinpointing and describing the source of complexity with the objective of subsequently reducing uncertainty, managing risk and improving project performance. An area of study that has engaged enquiring minds for over fifty years but has not yet been accepted into mainstream project management is the study and application of systems thinking and system dynamics. The purpose of this chapter is to promulgate the view that the mapping of projects as systems should be re-examined as a means of articulating and responding to complexity. The chapter examines general systems theory, systems thinking and systems dynamics with examples of causal loop diagrams as an aid to describe and respond to risk exposure. It includes simple causal loop diagrams as a means of illustrating how risks may be identified and addressed. The emphasis is on seeing the ‘big picture' to avoid gaps and omissions in the management of risk and uncertainty.

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