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Resilience Engineering in Practice: A Guidebook
Jean Pariès
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Description for Resilience Engineering in Practice: A Guidebook
Paperback. Resilience engineering depends on four abilities: the ability a) to respond to what happens, b) to monitor critical developments, c) to anticipate future threats and opportunities, and d) to learn from past experience - successes as well as failures. They provide a structured way of analysing problems and proposing practical solutions. Editor(s): Hollnagel, Professor Erik; Paries, Jean; Woods, David D.; Wreathall, John. Series Editor(s): Hollnagel, Professor Erik. Series: Ashgate Studies in Resilience Engineering. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: TGPR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 682.
Resilience engineering has since 2004 attracted widespread interest from industry as well as academia. Practitioners from various fields, such as aviation and air traffic management, patient safety, off-shore exploration and production, have quickly realised the potential of resilience engineering and have became early adopters. The continued development of resilience engineering has focused on four abilities that are essential for resilience. These are the ability a) to respond to what happens, b) to monitor critical developments, c) to anticipate future threats and opportunities, and d) to learn from past experience - successes as well as failures. Working with the four ... Read more
Resilience engineering has since 2004 attracted widespread interest from industry as well as academia. Practitioners from various fields, such as aviation and air traffic management, patient safety, off-shore exploration and production, have quickly realised the potential of resilience engineering and have became early adopters. The continued development of resilience engineering has focused on four abilities that are essential for resilience. These are the ability a) to respond to what happens, b) to monitor critical developments, c) to anticipate future threats and opportunities, and d) to learn from past experience - successes as well as failures. Working with the four ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Ashgate Studies in Resilience Engineering
Condition
New
Number of Pages
362
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472420749
SKU
V9781472420749
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About Jean Pariès
Erik Hollnagel (Ph.D., psychology) is Professor and Industrial Safety Chair at École des Mines de Paris (France), Professor Emeritus at University of Linköping (Sweden), and Visiting Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim (Norway). He has since 1971 worked at universities, research centres, and industries in several countries and with problems from several domains, including ... Read more
Reviews for Resilience Engineering in Practice: A Guidebook
'Although risk management has brought greater safety to socio-technical systems, a new approach is still strongly needed. Erik Hollnagel's excellent book offers the right approach; that resilient behaviour by people leads to stable systems. Those searching for a more profound understanding of system safety must read this book as it is a practical guide to this new approach.' Akinori Komatsubara, ... Read more