Moving Beyond Normal Accidents and High Reliability Organizations: A Systems Approach to Safety in Complex Systems

In this century society faces increasingly large-scale accidents and risks emerging from our own wondrous technologies. Two prominent organizational approaches to safety, Normal Accident Theory and High Reliability Organizations, have focused attention on a variety of industries that deal with hazar...

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Published in:	Organization studies Vol. 30; no. 2-3; pp. 227 - 249
Main Authors:	Leveson, Nancy, Dulac, Nicolas, Marais, Karen, Carroll, John
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London, England SAGE Publications 01.02.2009 Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:	Accidents Ambiguity Complex societies Complexity Confusion Definitions Focused attention High reliability organizations International Occupational accidents Optimism Organization theory Organizational culture Organizational structure Reliability Risk Risk management Safety Social sciences Studies Systems approach complexity risk accidents safety reliability socio-technical systems
ISSN:	0170-8406, 1741-3044
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