Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/H4xKosN Operational Decision-making in High-hazard Organizations: Drawing a Line in the Sand By: Hayes, Jan, Assoc Prof Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9781409423843, 1409423840 eText ISBN: 9781409474128, 1409474127 Pages: 264 Format: EPUB Available from $ 59.98 USD SKU 9781409474128R90 This book takes a fresh look at safety decision-making by documenting and examining stories told by front-line managers in three different high-hazard industries: a chemical plant, a nuclear power station and an air-navigation service provider. From Piper Alpha to Deepwater Horizon, accident analysis has stressed the importance of excellent decision-making by those in charge out in the field. Organizations rely critically on the judgement and experience of such senior operations personnel and yet these qualities are undervalued in a business environment that emphasises documentation and measurement. Whilst operational managers are guided by rules, they also draw on their own long experience and can formulate a situation-specific
