Safety Management: A Qualitative Systems Approach

by Alastair Ross, Brendan Wallace, John Davies, et al.

Book Overview

Professionals striving for accident reduction must deal with systems in which both technical and human elements play equal and complementary roles. However, many of the existing techniques in ergonomics and risk management concentrate on plant and technical issues and downplay human factors and "subjectivity." Safety Management: A Qualitative Systems Approach describes a body of theories and data that addresses safety by drawing on systems theory...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415303702
• ISBN13: 9780415303705
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"