Book chapters
Year
2009
Abstract
This chapter highlights the organizational drivers of ordinary risk at work and suggests some ways to limit it. After a literature survey about theoretical and empirical studies of risk, the chapter presents a case study following the method of cooperative inquiry. It addresses work risk in the successive phases of a construction project. Cases of risky episodes are collected and analyzed in a cross-functional working group. In particular they show the interdependence between the design-planning phase of the project and on-site construction. The conclusion stresses the importance of decompartmentalizing processes and developing the reflexive analysis of cross-functional activity by broader work teams to redesign it.
LORINO, P. et TRICARD, B. (2009). Le sens du risque ordinaire. Facteurs organisationnels de risque sur les chantiers de construction. Dans: Le défi des organisations face aux risques. Sciences humaines et Cyndiniques. 1st ed. Economica, pp. 85-112.