Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, 100 44, Stockholm, Sweden.
Environ Manage. 2011 Jul;48(1):123-33. doi: 10.1007/s00267-010-9600-5. Epub 2011 Apr 8.
This study analysed the environmental follow-up of a public organisation from a systems thinking approach, including follow-up within different phases of operation and with different environmental management tools. The Swedish Rail Administration (SRA), a public authority responsible for Swedish rail infrastructure, was used as a case organisation. The main aim was to identify different follow-up activities during planning, construction and operation of rail infrastructure. Additional aims were to identify limiting factors for effective environmental follow-up and to provide suggestions on how SRA follow-up can better be used as an organisational learning tool. The follow-up proved to be highly influenced by Environmental Management System and was mainly used for showing compliance with legal regulations or contract requirements. Use of environmental monitoring data was limited to the specific project in which the follow-up was carried out, possibly because of the project-based structure of the organisation following rail deregulation. Theory on organisational learning was applied in the study to discuss how to improve the distribution and use of follow-up data. A more complete 'organisational memory' seems to be required for learning from experience and adapting to change.
本研究从系统思维的角度分析了一个公共组织的环境跟踪，包括在不同运营阶段和使用不同环境管理工具时的跟踪。瑞典铁路局（SRA）作为一个负责瑞典铁路基础设施的公共机构被用作案例组织。主要目的是确定在规划、建设和运营铁路基础设施期间的不同跟踪活动。附加目标是确定有效环境跟踪的限制因素，并就如何更好地将 SRA 跟踪用作组织学习工具提供建议。跟踪结果表明受到环境管理系统的高度影响，主要用于展示对法律法规或合同要求的遵守情况。对环境监测数据的使用仅限于进行跟踪的具体项目，这可能是由于铁路放松管制后组织的项目式结构所致。本研究应用组织学习理论来讨论如何改进跟踪数据的分配和使用。似乎需要更完整的“组织记忆”来从经验中学习并适应变化。
