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Management Challenges In Nurturing A Safe Work Environment, Thomas W. Camm
Management Challenges In Nurturing A Safe Work Environment, Thomas W. Camm
Mining Engineering
As engineers, we are trained to use logical, rational problem solving to insure our mines operate at maximum efficiency. We tend to use the same technical approach to design safety into all mining systems. This works well for machines, but not so much for the human component. Recent insights in the field of behavioral economics provide useful ideas for addressing the fact that we are driven by emotions more often than by rational thought. Understanding the nonrational aspect of human behavior is an important piece of any safety system design.
What A Ride: Mining Industry To University, Scott Rosenthal
What A Ride: Mining Industry To University, Scott Rosenthal
Mining Engineering
This paper will share my ‘shift in career direction’ journey from corporate mine engineer, with 31 years of mining various commodities with a wide range of responsibilities in a variety of countries, to the world of academia. There are times in one’s career that a change is required, albeit perhaps not as drastic of a change as moving to teaching. This paper will share how the transition arose, the decision to make the change, the challenges of the first year in academia, and the journey within academia going into the second year.