Design for occupational safety and health: key attributes for organisational capability
Design for occupational safety and health: key attributes for organisational capability
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DOI：
10.1108/ecam-09-2018-0389
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发表时间：
2019-11-18
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Akinade, Olugbenga O.
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作者：
Manu, Patrick;Poghosyan, Anush;Akinade, Olugbenga O.
目的在设计导致建筑工伤和职业病发生的背景下，职业安全与健康设计在建筑行业中日益凸显。为了确保设计干预措施对建筑工人的建造和维护是安全的，设计公司需要在DfOSH方面拥有适当的组织能力。然而，缺乏对构成DfOSH组织能力的属性的经验性洞察。这篇论文的目的在于解决两个关键问题：什么组织属性决定了DfOSH的能力？功能属性的相对优先级是什么？设计/方法/方法本研究采用了三次专家焦点小组讨论和随后的三轮Delphi技术，并应用投票层次分析方法。研究结果显示，18种能力属性嵌套在六个类别内，分别是：能力(组织设计人员的能力)；战略(在组织愿景和最高管理层承诺中考虑DfOSH)；企业经验(组织在项目上实施DfOSH的经验)；系统(实施DfOSH所需的系统、流程和程序)；基础设施(有形、信息和通信技术资源)；以及协作(在项目上实施DfOSH的组织间和组织内合作)。虽然这些类别及其嵌套属性的重要性各不相同，但总的来说，与能力相关的属性是最重要的，其次是战略。原创性/价值这些发现应该能让设计公司和其他关键的行业利益相关者(如任命他们的客户)更好地了解设计师的DfOSH能力。此外，设计公司应该能够优先考虑努力/投资，以增强他们的DfOSH能力。
Purpose Against the backdrop of the contribution of design to the occurrence of occupational injuries and illnesses in construction, design for occupational safety and health (DfOSH) is increasingly becoming prominent in the construction sector. To ensure that design interventions are safe for construction workers to build and maintain, design firms need to have the appropriate organisational capability in respect of DfOSH. However, empirical insight regarding the attributes that constitute DfOSH organisational capability is lacking. The purpose of this paper, which trailblases the subject of DfOSH organisational capability in construction, is to address two key questions: what organisational attributes determine DfOSH capability? What is the relative priority of the capability attributes? Design/methodology/approach The study employed three iterations of expert focus group discussion and a subsequent three-round Delphi technique accompanied by the application of voting analytic hierarchy process. Findings The study revealed 18 capability attributes nested within six categories, namely: competence (the competence of organisation's design staff); strategy (the consideration of DfOSH in organisation's vision as well as the top management commitment); corporate experience (organisation's experience in implementing DfOSH on projects); systems (systems, processes and procedures required for implementing DfOSH); infrastructure (physical, and information and communication technology resources); and collaboration (inter- and intra-organisational collaboration to implement DfOSH on projects). Whilst these categories and their nested attributes carry varying weights of importance, collectively, the competence-related attributes are the most important, followed by strategy. Originality/value The findings should enable design firms and other key industry stakeholders (such as the clients who appoint them) to understand designers' DfOSH capability better. Additionally, design firms should be able to prioritise efforts/investment to enhance their DfOSH capability.