We introduce the concept of “dynamic safety capability” (DSC) to describe an organization’s capacity to proactively change its core safety systems in environments characterized by change and uncertainty. Drawing on theories of dynamic capability in organizations, we define three core features of DSC: (a) sensing via scanning and attending to the future, (b) seizing via integrating complexity and, (c) transforming via enacting second-order change. We propose DSC is developed through organizational learning processes of experience, knowledge articulation, and knowledge codification. The features of DSC are integrated with major theories of safety and approaches to safety management. We discuss how organizational psychology can support the development of DSC through leadership and simulation activities.

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动态安全能力

我们引入“动态安全能力”（DSC）概念来描述组织在以变化和不确定性为特征的环境中主动更改其核心安全系统的能力。借助组织中的动态能力理论，我们定义了DSC的三个核心功能：（a）通过扫描和关注未来进行感知，（b）通过整合复杂性来应对，以及（c）通过进行第二次变更来进行转换。我们建议DSC是通过经验，知识表达和知识整理的组织学习过程开发的。DSC的功能与主要的安全理论和安全管理方法集成在一起。我们讨论组织心理学如何通过领导和模拟活动来支持DSC的发展。