HE01005 - Does the presence of human element in shipping companies contribute towards accidents on ships?

This research studies the current knowledge on the human element and applies this to a manager in a shipping company. The aim of this research is to identify human elements in a shipping company and to understand how decision-making and safety culture are affected by human behaviour.

The present research indentified decision-making and safety culture as factors which are affected by human behaviour. The results also identified a degree of variance in the industry with respect to safety. There was a group who adhered to the best practices and, is referred as the Eexemplary group. Whereas, evidence also identified a group which was in contrast to the earlier and is referred as the atypical group.