Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents

Download or read book Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents written by James Reason and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1997 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a set of principles related to the causes of major accidents in high technology systems and describes tools and techniques for managing risks of such organizational accidents that go beyond those currently available to system managers and safety professionals. Deals with prevention of major accidents arising from human and organizational causes in many different domains, from banks and insurance companies to nuclear power plants and transport. For those working in management or regulation of hazardous technologies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR