The Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), headquartered in Atlanta, GA , is an organization established in 1979 by the U.S. nuclear power industry in response to recommendations by the Kemeny Commission Report, following the investigation of the Three Mile Island accident . INPO sets industry-wide performance objectives, criteria, and guidelines for nuclear power plant operations that are intended to promote "operational excellence" and improve the sharing of operational experience between nuclear power plants. INPO is funded entirely by the nuclear industry .
7-411: INPO conducts plant evaluations at nuclear stations and identifies both strengths and areas for improvement that are intended to be shared with other nuclear stations as a method to share best practices and common weaknesses. The results of INPO plant evaluations are not made public, and any related information shared within the nuclear industry does not typically include the name of the plant. INPO assigns
14-438: A person is least willing to give up when forced to make a choice. The concept is Schein's attempt to reflect the lifelong search of every human to find themselves. Schein's original research in the mid-1970s identified five possible career anchor groups: (1) autonomy/independence, (2) security/stability, (3) technical-functional competence, (4) general managerial competence, and (5) entrepreneurial creativity. Follow-up studies in
21-439: A retired MIT professor who is widely credited with inventing the term "corporate culture;" and Dr. Rodger Dean Duncan , an organizational development and human performance expert. Retired U.S. Navy vice-admiral Eugene Parks Wilkinson , the first commanding officer of the nuclear powered submarine USS Nautilus , was selected as INPO's first CEO in 1980, and served in that position until 1984. The lobby of INPO's headquarters
28-450: A score between one and four to each nuclear site, following the evaluation, where an "INPO 1" is the most favorable score, and an "INPO 4" is an indicator of a nuclear station with significant operational problems. The INPO Advisory Council is composed of leading experts from the nuclear industry, plus others whose expertise is relevant to the safe operation of nuclear power plants. Advisory Council members have included Dr. Edgar H. Schein ,
35-493: Is centered on a marble pedestal upon which is chiseled the word "EXCELLENCE," with the final E unfinished. When viewed from the second floor mezzanine, the lobby floor appears as an optical illusion with the floor as a cone-shaped pit, with the marble pedestal at the bottom. Edgar Schein Edgar Henry Schein (March 5, 1928 – January 26, 2023) was a Swiss-born American business theorist and psychologist who
42-402: The 1980s. Schein (2004) identifies three distinct levels in organizational cultures: The three levels refer to the degree to which the different cultural phenomena are visible to the observer. The career anchor is a part of what one finds as they clarify their self-image surrounding one's (1) needs and motives, (2) talents, and (3) values, the anchor being set of needs, values, and talents that
49-517: Was professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management . He was a foundational researcher in the discipline of organizational behavior , and made notable contributions in the field of organizational development in many areas, including career development , group process consultation, and organizational culture . He was the son of former University of Chicago professor Marcel Schein . Schein's model of organizational culture originated in
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