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Operational Decision-making in High-hazard Organizations: Drawing a Line in the Sand
Author(s)

Hayes, Jan, Assoc Prof
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9781409423850, 9781409423843
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Ashgate
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PDF and EPUB

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This book takes a fresh look at safety decision-making by documenting and examining stories told by front-line managers in three different high-hazard industries: a chemical plant, a nuclear power station and an air-navigation service provider.

From Piper Alpha to Deepwater Horizon, accident analysis has stressed the importance of excellent decision-making by those in charge out in the field. Organizations rely critically on the judgement and experience of such senior operations personnel and yet these qualities are undervalued in a business environment that emphasises documentation and measurement. Whilst operational managers are guided by rules, they also draw on their own long experience and can formulate a situation-specific

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Full Title

Operational Decision-making in High-hazard Organizations: Drawing a Line in the Sand
Author(s)

Hayes, Jan, Assoc Prof
Edition
ISBN

9781409474128, 9781409423843
Publisher

Ashgate
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

This book takes a fresh look at safety decision-making by documenting and examining stories told by front-line managers in three different high-hazard industries: a chemical plant, a nuclear power station and an air-navigation service provider.

From Piper Alpha to Deepwater Horizon, accident analysis has stressed the importance of excellent decision-making by those in charge out in the field. Organizations rely critically on the judgement and experience of such senior operations personnel and yet these qualities are undervalued in a business environment that emphasises documentation and measurement. Whilst operational managers are guided by rules, they also draw on their own long experience and can formulate a situation-specific

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