Author: James Reason
Publisher: Ashgate
Keywords: contribution, human
Number of Pages: 310
Published: 2008-12-01
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0754674029
ISBN-13: 9780754674023

The purpose of this book is to explore the human contribution to both the reliability and resilience of complex well-defended systems. The predominant mode of treating this topic is to consider the human as a hazard, a system component whose unsafe acts are implicated in the majority of catastrophic breakdowns. But there is another perspective, one that has been relatively little studied in its own right, and that is the human as hero, a system element whose adaptations and compensations have brought troubled systems back from the brink of disaster on a significant number of occasions. What, i

Author: Reason James
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: error, human
Number of Pages: 316
Published: 1990-10-26
List price: $46.99
ISBN-10: 0521314194
ISBN-13: 9780521314190

Modern technology has now reached a point where improved safety can only be achieved through a better understanding of human error mechanisms. In its treatment of major accidents, the book spans the disciplinary gulf between psychological theory and those concerned with maintaining the reliabiblity of hazardous technologies. Much of the theoretical structure is new and original, and of particular importance is the identification of cognitive processes common to a wide variety of error types.

Authors:James Reason, James Reason,
Publisher: Ashgate
Keywords: contribution, human
Number of Pages: 310
Published: 2008-12-01
List price: $114.95
ISBN-10: 0754674002
ISBN-13: 9780754674009

The purpose of this book is to explore the human contribution to both the reliability and resilience of complex well-defended systems. The predominant mode of treating this topic is to consider the human as a hazard, a system component whose unsafe acts are implicated in the majority of catastrophic breakdowns. But there is another perspective, one that has been relatively little studied in its own right, and that is the human as hero, a system element whose adaptations and compensations have brought troubled systems back from the brink of disaster on a significant number of occasions. What, i

Authors:James T. Reason, Alan Hobbs,
Publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd
Keywords: guide, practical, error, maintenance, managing
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2003-05
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 075461591X
ISBN-13: 9780754615910

After reviewing the types of error and violation and the conditions that provoke them, the author sets out the broader picture, illustrated by examples of three system failures. Central to the book is a comprehensive review of error management, followed by chapters on: managing person, the task and the team; the workplace and the organization; and creating a safe culture. It is then rounded off and brought together, in such a way as to be readily applicable for those who can make it work, to achieve a greater and more consistent level of safety in maintenance activities.

Authors:Peter Reason, Hilary Bradbury,
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Keywords: inquiry, practice, participative, research, handbook, action, sage
Number of Pages: 752
Published: 2007-11-30
List price: $150.00
ISBN-10: 1412920299
ISBN-13: 9781412920292

’For anyone seeking to create meaning out of life, inspire others with publication of research discoveries and insights, and help the world become a better place within which to live and work, action research holds great promise as an approach. The challenge is to do it well and with rigor. The Handbook is a magnificent collection of articles that will help the reader do all of that’ - Richard E. Boyatzis, Case Western Reserve University and ESADE ’This second volume will be a welcome extension of the landmark first volume of the Sage Handbook of Action Research. It effective

Authors:Lester Lloyd-Reason, Leigh Sear,
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Keywords: handbook, elgar, original, reference, research, critical, places, smes, global, economy, trading
Number of Pages: 252
Published: 2007-09-30
List price: $145.00
ISBN-10: 184542039X
ISBN-13: 9781845420390

’This book is most timely. It arrives at a time when globalisation and new technologies present major opportunities and challenges to the role of the independent small and medium sized business in economies. . . The book’s strength in dealing with many of the emerging issues is underpinned by a truly international range of contributors with a strong mix of practical as well as academic experience.’- From the preface by Allan Gibb, Professor Emeritus, Durham University, UKLester Lloyd-Reason and Leigh Sear bring together leading researchers and thinkers in th

Authors:Violet Reason, Yula Lona Lopez,
Publisher: Mozart & Reason Wolfe, Limited
Keywords: lives, legend, paleolithic, redux, coyote
Number of Pages: 132
Published: 2006-12-13
List price: $9.00
ISBN-10: 0911385312
ISBN-13: 9780911385311

The further frenetic mythopoetic adventures of coyote in post-modern industrial civilization as he steals a car, invents television, runs for office, works on wall street, goes mouse hunting, and me