Healing a Sick System

Safety management systems can suffer incidents for a number of reasons. It is important to implement an effective system wellness plan to make sure the prognosis for all systems in an organization remains positive. That is what an evaluation is all about to determine the wellness of the system [3]. Table 17-6 lists symptoms of an ailing system, and Table 17-7 gives an overview of causes producing the symptoms. 

When developing a successful safety management system, you must first see and understand the gap (opportunity for improvement). To make sure your system changes result in the effects you intend, you must jump over that gap [3]. To identify specific opportunities for improvement  

Determine where you are now analyze your management system Where are you now  

What does our safety system look like now  

Decide where your want to be in the future. Remember, Begin with the end in mind.  

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