On the organizational practice of expert-based risk management: A case of railway planning

• In government and business, there is a growing trend towards using standardized tools and guidelines under the assumption that formal approaches will make risk management effective and successful. However, studies of organizational practice show that risk and safety management is intuitive and experience based. The relationship between formal risk management and risk management as practice therefore needs critical assessment. This case study of railway planning found that, although risk identification and assessment was orchestrated according to a formal risk management protocol, the process was guided by practical reasoning based on expert, intuitive and socially situated knowledge drawing on experience. It is concluded that risk management needs to be contextualized from a practical organizational perspective in which responsibility, expertise, accountability, trust, coordination and communication are essential.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Other Social Sciences -- Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Statsvetenskap -- Studier av offentlig förvaltning (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Political Science -- Public Administration Studies (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Sociologi -- Socialantropologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Sociology -- Social Anthropology (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Samhällsbyggnadsteknik -- Byggproduktion (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Civil Engineering -- Construction Management (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

risk management

organizational practice

expert knowledge

railway planning

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