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1993 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

The Identification of Latent Organizational Failures in Complex Systems

verfasst von : James Reason

Erschienen in: Verification and Validation of Complex Systems: Human Factors Issues

Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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One way of characterizing the technological changes of the past 30 years is as a transition from low-hazard, high-risk systems to high-hazard, low-risk systems. While technological systems have become bigger, more complex, involving highly dangerous substances and threatening larger numbers of potential victims, the risk that they will suffer catastrophic accidents has markedly declined due to a combination of enhanced safety practices and to improved defenses.

Metadaten
Titel
The Identification of Latent Organizational Failures in Complex Systems
verfasst von
James Reason
Copyright-Jahr
1993
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02933-6_13

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