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Erik Hollnagel - Safety-II in Practice: Developing the Resilience Potentials - 9781138708921 - V9781138708921
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Safety-II in Practice: Developing the Resilience Potentials

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Safety-I is defined as the freedom from unacceptable harm. The purpose of traditional safety management is therefore to find ways to ensure this `freedom'. But as socio-technical systems steadily have become larger and less tractable, this has become harder to do. Resilience engineering pointed out from the very beginning that resilient performance - an organisation's ability to function as required under expected and unexpected conditions alike - required more than the prevention of incidents and accidents. This developed into a new interpretation of safety (Safety-II) and consequently a new form of safety management. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Routledge
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
130
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138708921
SKU
V9781138708921
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Ref
99-4

About Erik Hollnagel
Erik Hollnagel (Ph.D., psychology) is Professor at the Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark and Chief Consultant at the Centre for Quality, Region of Southern Denmark. Erik is also Adjunct Professor, Central Queensland University, Australia, Visiting Professorial Fellow, Macquarie University, Australia, Visiting Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Technische Universitat Munchen (Germany), and Professor Emeritus at Ecole des ... Read more

Reviews for Safety-II in Practice: Developing the Resilience Potentials
A truly original world-class thinker, Hollnagel's work should be heeded by every safety and health professional. It's hard going at times, as he profoundly challenges the traditional ways in which we understand and manage safety. But he does offer a new vision that is potentially very valuable to practitioners. In particular, Safety II could help us to revolutionise how we ... Read more

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