In certain conditions, (part of) an oil spill can disappear from the water surface through a process called natural dispersion. One available oil spill response option is to enhance this process by addition of dispersants (chemical dispersion). An informed decision for such response requires insight …

This chapter addresses the remarkable disconnect between resilience literature and military theory. War puts high demands on the resilience of military organizations. Western militaries have adopted organizational and operational concepts to cope with the myriad challenges of violence, turbulence, uncertainty …

Crew Resource Management (CRM) is a vision and method to work safer by fostering social and communication competences like leadership, adaptability, and situational awareness of team members. By applying these non-technical skills professionally teams work more effective and are more robust as well. …

Safety and security are often regarded as two separate concepts, both scientifically and organizationally. Both are often seen as two fundamentally conflicting institutional demands and their agendas as being based on two profoundly different organizing principles. Because of this, safety may get less …

In this chapter, the relevance of a perspective on organizational vulnerability for improving safety in military taskforces is outlined. Research of the Netherlands Defence Academy has shown that military taskforces are systems with typical organizational vulnerabilities. More specifically, this research …

Defence supply chains (SC) are increasingly geared towards expeditionary operations. Organized on a short notice, they support the theatre in a flexible and efficient manner, relying on limited resources and sourcing from multiple suppliers. Defence SC face risks as they are susceptible to disruptions. …

Overview of the multidimensional and multiverse reals of safety and security. From the images, meanings, concepts and definitions aiming to capture safety and security the military relevance of organizing to prevent, detect and react to both accidental (i.e., safety) as well as malicious (i.e., security) …

Dit boek geeft een tour de horizon van de crisisbeheersing in Nederland anno 2014. In deze publicatie worden zeventien bijzondere gebeurtenissen uit dat jaar beschreven en beschouwd. Aan bod komt uiteraard de vliegramp MH17, een van de grootste crises waar Nederland de afgelopen decennia mee te maken …

Het lectoraat Maritieme Innovatieve Technieken is sinds juni 2012 verbonden aan het Maritiem Instituut Willem Barentsz (MIWB), onderdeel van het Instituut Techniek van NHL Hogeschool. Dankzij deze positie kan het lectoraat, samen met het lectoraat Maritiem, Marien, Milieu & Veiligheidsmanagement en het …

Binnen het militaire domein houdt men ten aanzien van het bewerkstelligen van veiliger werken veelal vast aan klassieke benaderingswijzen. Deze richten zich voornamelijk op het verhogen van de individuele kwaliteit en de betrouwbaarheid van afzonderlijke onderdelen. Veiligheidsanalyses in dit soort …