Resilience engineering : concepts and precepts / edited by Erik Hollnagel, David D. Woods, Nancy Leveson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hollnagel, Erik, 1941-

Woods, David D., 1952-

Leveson, Nancy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reliability (Engineering).

System analysis.

Decision making.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (410 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2006.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"For Resilience Engineering, 'failure' is the result of the adaptations necessary to cope with the complexity of the real world, rather than a breakdown or malfunction. The performance of individuals and organizations must continually adjust to current conditions and, because resources and time are finite, such adjustments are always approximate. This definitive new book explores this groundbreaking new development in safety and risk management, where 'success' is based on the ability of organizations, groups and individuals to anticipate the changing shape of risk before failures and harm occur. Featuring contributions from many of the worlds leading figures in the fields of human factors and safety, Resilience Engineering provides thought-provoking insights into system safety as an aggregate of its various components, subsystems, software, organizations, human behaviours, and the way in which they interact. The book provides an introduction to Resilience Engineering of systems, covering both the theoretical and practical aspects. It is written for those responsible for system safety on managerial or operational levels alike, including safety managers and engineers (line and maintenance), security experts, risk and safety consultants, human factors professionals and accident investigators."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; PROLOGUE: RESILIENCE ENGINEERING CONCEPTS; Hindsight and Safety; From Reactive to Proactive Safety; Resilience; PART I: EMERGENCE; 1 RESILIENCE: THE CHALLENGE OF THE UNSTABLE; Understanding Accidents; Anticipating Risks; SYSTEMS ARE EVER-CHANGING; 2 ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RESILIENCE; Avoiding the Error of the Third Kind; Dynamic Balancing Acts; Acknowledgements; 3 DEFINING RESILIENCE; Pictures of Resilience; How Do We Recognise Resilience When We See It?; Is Road Traffic Resilient?; Conclusion; NATURE OF CHANGES IN SYSTEMS

4 COMPLEXITY, EMERGENCE, RESILIENCE ...Introduction; Emergence and Systems; From Emergence to Resilience; Conclusion; 5 A TYPOLOGY OF RESILIENCE SITUATIONS; Resilience against What?; Situation I. The Regular Threat; Situation II. The Irregular Threat; Situation III. The Unexampled Event; Time: Foresight, Coping, and Recovery; Foresee and Avoid; Coping with Ongoing Trouble; Repairing after Catastrophe; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; RESILIENT SYSTEMS; 6 INCIDENTS - MARKERS OF RESILIENCE OR BRITTLENESS?; Incidents are Ambiguous; 'Decompensation:' A Pattern in Adaptive Response; Acknowledgements

7 RESILIENCE ENGINEERING: CHRONICLING THE EMERGENCE OF CONFUSED CONSENSUS; Resilience Engineering and Getting Smarter at Predicting the Next Accident; Modelling the Drift into Failure; Work as Imagined versus Work as Actually Done; Towards Broader Markers of Resilience; PART II: CASES AND PROCESSES; 8 ENGINEERING RESILIENCE INTO SAFETY-CRITICAL SYSTEMS; Resilience and Safety; STAMP; The Models; Principal Findings and Anticipated Outcomes/Benefits; Implications for Designing and Operating Resilient Systems; 9 IS RESILIENCE REALLY NECESSARY? THE CASE OF RAILWAYS; Introduction

Observations on Safety Management in Railway Track Maintenance; Assessing Resilience; Discussion and Conclusions; SYSTEMS ARE NEVER PERFECT; 10 STRUCTURE FOR MANAGEMENT OF WEAK AND DIFFUSE SIGNALS; Problem Awareness; Forum for Consultation; Strengthening the Forum; Other Fora; A Bundle of Arrows; 11 ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCE AND INDUSTRIAL RISK; Introduction; What is the Nature of Resilience?; Planning and Flexibility in Operational Systems; The Role of Quality and Safety in Achieving Resilience; The Problem of Organizational Change; Change in Technology; Conclusions - the Focus on Resilience

AN EVIL CHAIN MECHANISM LEADING TO FAILURES; 12 SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN AIRLINES; Introduction; How Safe is Flying?; Current Practices in Safety Management; Models of Risk and Safety; What Next? From Safety to Resilience; 13 TAKING THINGS IN ONE'S STRIDE: COGNITIVE FEATURES OF TWO RESILIENT PERFORMANCES; Introduction; Example 1: Handling a 'Soft' Emergency; Example 2: Response to a Bus Bombing; Analysis; Conclusion; 14 EROSION OF MANAGERIAL RESILIENCE: FROM VASA TO NASA; Vasa to Columbia; Managerial Resilience; Safety Culture and Managerial Resilience; Measuring Managerial Resilience; Training Managerial Resilience

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-388) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611097301

9781523144235

1523144238

9781317065296

1317065298

9781315605685

1315605686

9781317065289

131706528X

9781281097309

1281097306

9780754681366

075468136X

OCLC:

476276931