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The Field Guide to Understanding ´Human Error´
Sidney Dekker
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Description for The Field Guide to Understanding ´Human Error´
Paperback. This latest edition of The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error ' will help you understand how to move beyond 'human error'; how to understand accidents; how to do better investigations; how to understand and improve your safety work. Num Pages: 192 pages, Includes 31 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: GPQD; JMJ; KNXC; LNHH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 153 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 432.
When faced with a ’human error’ problem, you may be tempted to ask 'Why didn’t these people watch out better?' Or, 'How can I get my people more engaged in safety?' You might think you can solve your safety problems by telling your people to be more careful, by reprimanding the miscreants, by issuing a new rule or procedure and demanding compliance. These are all expressions of 'The Bad Apple Theory' where you believe your system is basically safe if it were not for those few unreliable people in it. Building on its successful predecessors, the third edition of ... Read more
When faced with a ’human error’ problem, you may be tempted to ask 'Why didn’t these people watch out better?' Or, 'How can I get my people more engaged in safety?' You might think you can solve your safety problems by telling your people to be more careful, by reprimanding the miscreants, by issuing a new rule or procedure and demanding compliance. These are all expressions of 'The Bad Apple Theory' where you believe your system is basically safe if it were not for those few unreliable people in it. Building on its successful predecessors, the third edition of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472439055
SKU
V9781472439055
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-47
About Sidney Dekker
Sidney Dekker (PhD Ohio State University, USA, 1996) is currently professor at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, where he runs the Safety Science Innovation Lab. He is also Professor (Hon.) of psychology at The University of Queensland, and Professor (Hon.) of human factors and patient safety at the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane. Previously, Sidney was Professor of human factors ... Read more
Reviews for The Field Guide to Understanding ´Human Error´
Comments on the Third Edition: ’It's in the world's best interest to read Dekker’s book. The Field Guide is nothing short of a paradigm shift in thinking about human error, and in my domain of software and Internet engineering, it should be considered required reading. This Third Edition is much better than the Second, and the layout of the ... Read more