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Organisational Culture in the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

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  • Organisational Culture Within The Scottish Fire And Rescue Service Volume 1
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Thematic inspections

18th June 2025

Describes how the SFRS sets out its corporate expectations, how it communicates these to its workforce, how it supports its staff, and how it ensures compliance through policies and process.
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Corporate Expectations
  • Other examples of Values and Ethics in the Emergency Services
  • The SFRS Workforce
  • Human Resource Management Structure within the SFRS
  • Recruitment, Induction and Promotion
  • Staff Training and Development
  • HR Procedures
  • Culture Activities within the SFRS
  • The Workforce Viewpoint
  • Conclusions
  • List of Recommendations and Areas for Consideration
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Glossary
  • Endnotes
  • Footnotes

  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Corporate Expectations
  • Other examples of Values and Ethics in the Emergency Services
  • The SFRS Workforce
  • Human Resource Management Structure within the SFRS
  • Recruitment, Induction and Promotion
  • Staff Training and Development
  • HR Procedures
  • Culture Activities within the SFRS
  • The Workforce Viewpoint
  • Conclusions
  • List of Recommendations and Areas for Consideration
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Glossary
  • Endnotes
  • Footnotes

Endnotes

i  Ogbonna, E. (1993). Managing Organisational Culture: Fantasy Or Reality? Human Resource Management Journal 3(2), pp. 42–54.

Meek, V. L. (1988). Organizational Culture: Origins and Weaknesses. Organization Studies 9 (4): 453–473. Schein, E. H. (1996). Three Cultures of Management: The Key to Organizational Learning. Sloan Management Review 38 (1): 9–20.

Wankhade, P., Heath, G. and Radcliffe, J. (2018). Cultural change and perpetuation in organisations: evidence from an English emergency ambulance service. Public Management Review 20(6): 923–948.

ii  Schein, E. H. and Schein, P. (2016). Organizational culture and leadership (5th ed.). San Francisco: Wiley. Bryman, A., Grint, K. and Collinson, D,L. (2011). The SAGE Handbook of Leadership. London: Sage. Wankhade, P., McCann, L. and Murphy, P. (eds.) (2019). Critical Perspectives on the Management and Organization of Emergency Services.. Routledge: London.

iii  Afzal, N. (2022). Independent Culture Review of London Fire Brigade. London: London Fire Commissioner. His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary Fire and Rescue Services. (2023) State of Fire and Rescue – The Annual Assessment of Fire and Rescue Services in England 2022. London HMICFRS.

His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary Fire and Rescue Services. (2023). Values and culture in fire and rescue services. London: HMICFRS.

Morris, F. (2024) South Wales Fire and Rescue Service Culture Review. Llantrisant, Pontyclun: South Wales Fire and Rescue Authority.

iv  Ward, J. and Winstanley, D. (2006). Watching the Watch: The UK Fire Service and its Impact on Sexual Minorities in the Workplace. Gender, Work and Organization, 13(20): 193-219.

Wankhade, P. and Patnaik, S.(2019). Collaboration and Governance in Emergency Services: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities. Palgrave Macmillan: London. ISBN: 978-3-030-21329-9

 

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