Systems-Thinking For Safety : A Short Introduction To The Theory And Practice Of Systems-Thinking
Peter Lang
ISBN13:
9781788743778
$53.44
A manifesto for the systems-thinking-informed approach to incident and accident investigation, this accessible text is aimed at experts and generalists. A Glossary of Terms explains key concepts. The premise is both unoriginal and original. Unoriginal, because it stands on the shoulders of systems-thinking pioneers - Barry Turner, Bruno Latour, Charles Perrow, Erik Hollnagel, Diane Vaughan and other luminaries. Original, because it is populist: The Systems-thinking for Safety series shows how theoretical insights can help make the world a safer place. Potentially, the series as a whole, and this manifesto text, have agency. True to its mission to affect change, the book uses case studies to demonstrate how systems-thinking can help stakeholders learn from incidents, accidents and near-misses. The case studies of, for example, the Piper Alpha and Deepwater Horizon offshore disasters, the Lac-M?gantic rail disaster, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the United States Navy collisions and the Grenfell Tower fire, demonstrate the universal applicability of systems-thinking. The manifesto argues that the systems-thinking informed approach to incident, accident and near-miss investigation, while resource intensive and effortful, produces tangible safety benefits and, by ensuring that ?right is done?, delivers justice and closure.
- | Author: Simon Bennett
- | Publisher: Peter Lang
- | Publication Date: May 23, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 170 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1788743776
- | ISBN-13: 9781788743778
- Author:
- Simon Bennett
- Publisher:
- Peter Lang
- Publication Date:
- May 23, 2019
- Number of pages:
- 170 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1788743776
- ISBN-13:
- 9781788743778