The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (774 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1472439058 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Not bad, but padded like a bra on prom night" according to MAB. It's definitely worth a read, but it seriously needs the assistance of a professional editor before the next revision. The message is in there, buried under layers of redundancy so thick you'd swear they had a target word count they were aiming for. I can sum it up thusly: "You can't understand why an accident occurred until you discover why the actions taken that led up to it made sense at the time. Pointing out mistakes made along the pa. First book on safety Dag Erik Lutnæs This was an easy read. Excellent intro to old and new view on safety. I read it as part of a masters program on human factors and systems safety. It touches upon many central topics and the it is easy to follow the language (English is not my first language) . I would recommend this to anyone interested in safety.. More light shed on The New View! trunorth Thank you for returning to this critically important book to help many more people understand the New View in different ways. This edition's approach will resonate with many that need this transformation. An insightful and helpful reorganization of foundational content with many additional perspectives, this edition will help me communicate New View alternatives to those with ears to hear this good news!
It will encourage you to start looking more closely at the performance that others may still call 'human error', allowing you to discover how your people create safety through practice, at all levels of your organization, mostly successfully, under the pressure of resource constraints and multiple conflicting goals. If you are faced with a ’human error’ problem, abandon the fallacy of a quick fix. You will be invited to think creatively and differently about the safety issues you and your organization face. 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. Read this b
Previously, Sidney was Professor of human factors and system safety at Lund University in Sweden. 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. Sidney is the best-selling author of a multitude of human factors and safety books, in
Sidney Dekker, a leading world authority on human error; has enhanced his already exceptional Field Guide; to be a concise, readable guide to both design of equipment and procedures and also the analysis of mishaps. --Don Norman, author of The Design of Everyday ThingsThe Third Edition of Sidney Dekker's Field Guide to Understanding Human Error provides a solid practical framework for anyone wanting to make sense of safety science, human factors analysis, and the New View approach to conducting investigations of incidents and accidents. Dekk