The paper proposes a role-playing game as a new experiential and hands-on approach to workers’ safety training. The game aims to reproduce the main operational features of a typical manufacturing organisation. A case study of implementation of the game involving managers and workers from different types of organ-izations is presented. The assessment of “safety climate” before and after the training shows a slight im-provement of the participants’ perceptions of the value and role of safety within their organizations. The learning experience has also proved to be effective in increasing risk awareness and non-acceptance. Further investigation is needed in order to assess the effectiveness of the proposed approach in other contexts.

Impact of experiential learning on safety climate: A case study

COCCA, Paola;MARCIANO, Filippo;ALBERTI, Marco;
2017-01-01

Abstract

The paper proposes a role-playing game as a new experiential and hands-on approach to workers’ safety training. The game aims to reproduce the main operational features of a typical manufacturing organisation. A case study of implementation of the game involving managers and workers from different types of organ-izations is presented. The assessment of “safety climate” before and after the training shows a slight im-provement of the participants’ perceptions of the value and role of safety within their organizations. The learning experience has also proved to be effective in increasing risk awareness and non-acceptance. Further investigation is needed in order to assess the effectiveness of the proposed approach in other contexts.
2017
978-1-138-02997-2
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