Risky work environments reappraising human work within fallible systems / edited by Christine Owen, Pascal Béguin & Ger Wackers.
| Other author | Owen, Christine. |
| Other author | Béguin, Pascal. |
| Other author | Wackers, G. L. (Ger L.) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, |
| Description | xii, 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : shifting the focus to human work within complex socio-technical systems / Pascal Béguin, Christine Owen and Ger Wackers -- Learning from accidents : analysis of normal practices / Lenna Norros and Maaria Nuutinen -- Derailed decisions : the evolution of vulnerability on a Norwegian railway line / Ragnar Rosness -- Offshore vulnerability : the limits of design and the ubiquity of the recursive process / Ger Wackers -- Channelling erratic flows of action : life in the neonatal intensive care unit / Jessica Mesman -- How do individual operators contribute to the reliability of collective activity? : a French medical emergency centre / Jacques Marc and Janine Rogalski -- When users and designers meet each other in the design process / Pascal Béguin -- Near-misses and mistakes in risky work : an exploration of work practices in high-3 environments / Christine Owen -- Conclusion : towards developmental work within complex and fallible systems / Christine Owen. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008045375 |
| ISBN | 9780754676096 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0754676099 (alk. paper) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |