topgun0007
3rd Jan 2003, 06:15
Could anyone out there help me I am after a bit of reading on the James Reason Model (Swiss Cheese).
Thanks :)
BlueEagle
3rd Jan 2003, 09:39
The book that I have is called, 'Human Error' by James Reason, it is published by the Cambridge University Press and the paperback version has an ISBN number of: 0-521-31419-4.
James Reason has, I believe, written other books on related subjects so you may wish to look
Here (http://www.abebooks.com)
His 'Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents' (Ashgate 1997) develops the original individual error theories into how organizations can inadvertantly induce (or if mindful, can prevent) human errors. For a university psycologist, this stuff is very accessible!
An even more readable book is by Maurino, Reason, Johnston and Lee: 'Beyond Aviation Human Factors (Avebury 1995) with various detailed case studies (Erebus DC-10, Dryden F-28, the BAC-111 window etc).