Human error : causes and control /
By: Peters, George A.
Contributor(s): Peters, Barbara J.
Publisher: Boca Raton, FL : CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006Description: 214 p. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0849382130 (alk. paper); 9780849382130:; 9780849382130 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Errors -- Prevention | Accidents -- Prevention | Decision making | Cognitive psychology | Risk assessment | Professional ethics | Human engineeringDDC classification: 153.74Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 153.74 PET (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0068255 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-201) and index.
Introduction -- Data collection -- Risk assessment -- Alternative analytic methods -- Behavioral vectors -- Countermeasures (remedies) -- Human factors design guidelines -- Testing and functional validation -- Managerial errors -- Institutional and organizational errors -- Management challenges -- Professional responsibility (ethics) -- Discussion questions.
Applying & extending principles that can help prevent consumer error, worker fault, managerial mistakes & organizational blunders, this text offers useful information on theories, methods, & specific techniques to control human error.