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Human error : causes and control /

By: Peters, George A, 1924-.
Contributor(s): Peters, Barbara J, 1950-.
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: 153.74
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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