Human Error - Softcover

Reason, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521314194 ISBN 13: 9780521314190

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1991

Synopsis

Human Error, published in 1991, is a major theoretical integration of several previously isolated literatures. Particularly important is the identification of cognitive processes common to a wide variety of error types. Technology has now reached a point where improved safety can only be achieved on the basis of 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 reliability of hazardous technologies. As such, it is essential reading not only for cognitive scientists and human factors specialists, but also for reliability engineers and risk managers. No existing book speaks with so much clarity to both the theorists and the practitioners of human reliability.

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Review:

"...an in-depth analytical framework of human error..." Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing

"...a comprehensive and often innovative treatment of human error that is both readable and informative." Gavan Lintern, Human Factors Society Bulletin

Book Description:

Human Error, published in 1991, is a major theoretical integration of several previously isolated literatures. Particularly important is the identification of cognitive processes common to a wide variety of error types. It is essential reading not only for cognitive scientists and human factors specialists, but also for reliability engineers and risk managers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0521314194
• ISBN 13: 9780521314190
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320