(114a) The Role of Motivation in Human Performance and in Minimizing the Impact of Human Error
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2023
2023 Spring Meeting and 19th Global Congress on Process Safety
Global Congress on Process Safety
Lies We Tell Ourselves – Cognitive Bias and Human Performance in Process Safety
Wednesday, March 15, 2023 - 8:00am to 8:30am
It is the aim of human factors to maximize the potential of human performance in preventing process safety incidents. However, little attention is paid to the internal motivational process that occurs in an individual participating in the incident. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to bridge the gap and to highlight the role of motivational behavior in developing human performance or in executing actions that lead to human error.
Human behavior and motivation widely vary within organizations. Therefore, organizations may benefit from the theoretical motivational theories that are widely used in the study of organizational behavior. The theoretical approach to motivation is separated into two main categories: inner motivation, and outer motivation. Moreover, inner motivational theory is also subdivided into rational factors and irrational factors. The theories applied in this paper exemplify and combine the use of motivational theories in improving human performance and preventing process safety incidents. To some extent, the study also touches on the concept of values, assumptions, beliefs, and expectations (VABEs) that affect the motivation of an individual.
Based on the analysis, key recommendations were generated that can be implemented to improve human performance as part of the process safety management system.
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