Guidelines for managing process safety risks during organizational change

"Organizational Change Management (OCM) has often been overlooked by regulatory and guideline publications in the past. Documents have historically disregarded the topic, mentioned it in passing, or focused on only a few of its aspects. As a result, major decisions regarding reduction in staffing levels, reorganization of the corporate hierarchy, modifications to shift schedules, or adjustment of personnel responsibilities may often be finalized by individuals or committees who lack the understanding of how these changes may affect the health and safety of their employees or the surrounding community. This book addresses these issues and helps companies bring their OCM systems to the same degree of maturity as other process safety management systems. Topics Include: Corporate Standard for Organizational Change Management, Modification of Working Conditions, Personnel Turnover, Task Allocation Changes, Organizational Hierarchy Changes, and Organizational Policy Changes"--

List of Tables xi List of Figures xiii Files on the Web Accompanying This Book xv Acronyms and Abbreviations xvii Glossary xxi Acknowledgements xxiii Preface xxv Introduction and Scope 1 1.1 Case Study- Hickson and Welsh LTD, England (1994) 1 1.2 Introduction 3 1.3 The Need for Management of Organizational Change 5 1.4 Organization of the Book 6 1.5 A History of Organizational Change Management 11 1.6 Definitions Related to Management of Organizational Change 16 Corporate Standard for Organizational Change Management 21 2.1 Case Study -- BP -- Grangemouth, Scotland (2000) 21 2.2 OCM Background 24 2.3 Management Commitment 25 2.4 OCM Policy 26 2.5 OCM Workflow 27 2.6 OCM Procedure 28 2.7 Definition of Organizational Change 29 2.8 Roles and Responsibilities 32 2.9 Initiate an Organizational Change 32 2.10 Review the Change 34 2.11 OCM Risk Assessment 35 2.12 Action and Implementation/Transition Plans 55 2.13 Post-Implementation Monitoring 59 2.14 Closeout 61 2.15 Conclusion 61 Modification of Working Conditions 65 3.1 Case Study -- Esso -- Longford, Victoria, Australia (1998) 65 3.2 Modifying location, communication, or time allocation for people 68 3.3 Case Study -- Changes in shif…