“Meetings on the work”: an analysis device for understanding the articulation between outsourcing and other organizational innovations

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to discuss professional education and training programs offered to teams of operators by the main company in the area of Bacia de Campos (Petrobras), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It also discusses the necessary skills to the new functions derived from the implementation of an organizational innovation, the polyvalence, and how such innovation has impacted operators' activity. By using elements of WEA and the device "Meetings on the Work" it was possible to gain a better understanding of both the distance between the dimensions of prescribed work and real work, and the articulation between outsourcing and the proposition of polyvalence, which have stimulated the creation of new functions, namely, the polyvalent operator and the operator-maintainer, this latter being in fact an evolvement of the first.

Challenging the immediate causes: A work accident investigation in an oil refinery using organizational analysis

“…These historical aspects are related to the current safety culture. In the context of the technological and organizational advances in the Brazilian oil and gas sector, it is expected that operators should assume polyvalent roles [24] and attain more demanding production goals within an out-dated safety context. The last two moments analyzed, the expansion of the refinery and the pre-salt project, are modern initiatives that will determine the future of the organization.…”