Organizational Accidents Revisited
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (548 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1472447689 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A solid reference for avoiding process errors Good scientific reference for understanding how accidents occur and how they can be avoided. This is applicable to lots of industries, not only from a safety perspective, but to reduce errors in other aspects of business and operations as well. Not the easiest read due to the amount of information that it contains bu. Four Stars Anthony Great easy to read refresher.. Five Stars J. Wilson Leading edge thinking on accident causation
The book also elaborated upon the widely-cited Swiss Cheese Model. These analyses provide the ’raw data’ for the process of drilling down into the underlying causal pathways. A number of these - organizational issues, design, procedures and so on - are examined in close detail in order to identify likely problems before they combine to penetrate the defences-in-depth. Many contributing latent conditions recur in a variety of domains. Organizational Accidents Revisited extends and develops these ideas using a standardized causal analysis of some 10 organizational accidents that have occurred in a variety of domains in the nearly 20 years that have passed since the original was published. They stand in sharp contrast to ’individual accidents’ whose damaging consequences are limited to relatively few people or assets. These are rare but often calamitous events that occur in complex technological systems operating in hazardous circumstances. Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents introduced the notion of an ’organizational accident’. The book concludes by advocating that system safety should require the integration of systemic factors (collective mindfulness) with individual mental
He is consultant to numerous organizations throughout the world, sought after as a keynote speaker at international conferences and author of several renowned books including Human Error (CUP, 1990), The Human Contribution (Ashgate, 2008) and A Life in Error (Ashgate, 2013). James Reason is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Manchester, England.
About the Author James Reason is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Manchester, England. He is consultant to numerous organizations throughout the world, sought after as a keynote speaker at international conferences and author of several renowned books including Human Error (CUP, 1990), The Human Contribution (Ashgate, 2008) and A Life in Error (Ashgate, 2013).