Geopolitics Magazine November - December 2015

It can become a reality if high assertiveness and high cooperation prevails as the standard and not the exception. Even more importantly we need to understand the existing culture in order to understand ourselves. Only by fighting back the forces acting within us, those that define who we are today, and we strongly oppose, we have a last chance to shape up the groups we would like to belong in the future. REFERENCES: Dekker Sidney(2006) The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error,Ashgate,Hampshire,UK Geert Hofstede, Gert Jan Hofstede, Michael Minkov, Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind. 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill USA, 2010 Geert Hofstede, Gert Jan Hofstede, Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind. 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill USA, 2005 Gert Jan Hofstede, Paul Pedersen, Geert Hofstede, Exploring Culture: Exercises, Stories and Synthetic Cultures.Intercultural Press, 2002 Geert Hofstede, Culture's Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions and Organizations Across Nations. 2nd Edition, Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications, 2001 Geert Hofstede, Masculinity and Femininity: The Taboo Dimension of National Cultures. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications, 1998 Geert Hofstede, Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind. 1st edition, McGraw-Hill USA, 1997 Geert Hofstede, Culture's Consequences: International Differences in Work-Related Values. Beverly Hills CA: Sage Publications, 1980 Charles Perrow(1984),Princeton University Press,Princeton ,New Jercey,USA Schein Edgar(2004),Organisational Culture &Leadership, Jossey-Bass,San Franscisco, USA. Soukeras Dimitrios(2009) http://www.ihst.org/portals/54/Soukeras_Dimitrios_Dissertation%20MBA.pdf VON THADEN, T. and GIBBONS , A. (2008), ‘The Safety Culture Indicator Scale Measurement System (SCISMS)’,Technical Report HFD-08-03/FAA-08-02, http://www.humanfactors.illinois.edu/Reports&PapersPDFs/TechReport/08-03.pdf Dimitris is a Safety Consultant and Trainer.He carries an Aviation experience that was initially earned as a helicopter pilot for the Greek Army Aviation. During his 22 years with the military, in addition to normal flying duties, he was also flight instructor, examiner of airmen, and VIP transport captain. He commenced his acquaintance with the investigation process during his military years, which later on led also to his accreditation as an Air Safety Investigator, by an International Body (ISASI) and his role, as the accredited representative of the Greek Army, to the Greek AAIASB. After his honorary retirement, the Greek Air Accident Investigation & Safety Board (AAIASB) had assigned him with several investigations, either as technical advisor or as Investigator in Charge, which made Dimitris eligible for an ISASI full Membership.Dimitris continued to further his theoretical knowledge, completing his MBA with the University of Leicester. His thesis titled ‘’Developing a Safety Culture or Implementing a SMS: The case of Organisations operating helicopters’’ having been well received in numerous international forums. In 2013 the paper had been found by IHST (International Helicopter Safety Team) and ever since it is also posted on their website. Dimitris continuously evolves his investigation skills and is the only Greek Accident Investigator who had been accepted twice, to presenting papers, to the Annual European Accident Investigators Summits. A few years ago he managed to persuade Greek AAIASB to endorse a new methodology in Incident and Accident Analysis. The so called ‘’Tripod Methodology’’ he had officially applied for the first time in Greece depicted the causes of a severe helicopter accident which occurred back in 2010.Since January 2015 Dimitris, is Adjunct Faculty member at San Jose State University, in USA, submitting an accident investigation course for Aeronautical Engineers.Dimitris offers training and consultation, not only in Aviation Industry, but additionally, to all High Reliability business market segment Entities, including Maritime, Oil& Gas and Military organisations, in fields of Accident Investigation, Risk Assessment and Change Management. Bow Tie, TRIPOD methodologies are consuming his most vivid interest and he is also considered an expert in Safety Culture Mapping, the depiction of Organisational Culture, within high risk firms. Geopolitics.com.gr all rights reserved 2015 Page 82

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