Teaming Up - Components of Safety Under High Risk

Zusatztext 'The demands of high risk environments are powerfully revealed in Dietrich and Jochum's unusual collection of cases. A rich source of material for readers interested in the practical realities of managing teams working on safety critical projects.' Professor Rhona Flin! University of Aberdeen! UK Informationen zum Autor Rainer Dietrich is Professor of Psycholinguistics at the Humbolt University in Berlin! Germany. He is also Head of the international interdisciplinary research project 'Group Interaction in High Risk Environments'. Kateri Jochum was Coordinator of the Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz Foundation's 6th Berlin Colloquium! from which the contributions stem. From 1999 to 2002! she was also Project Coordinator of the international interdisciplinary research project 'Group Interaction in High Risk Environments'. Zusammenfassung In this text scientific themes are explored with direct application to modern society. Its aim is to draw together the knowledge of scientific experts as well as the experience of representatives from different aspects of industry and public life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction! Rainer Dietrich and Kateri Jochum; Recovering the 'Kursk': a feat of technology and teamwork! Hans van Rooij; The right staff: the team component of space travel! Reinhold Ewald; Teams under pressure: a case study of police conflict management! Eckhard Gremmler; Luck of the draw? Human safety on large-scale construction sites! Franz Remmer; Simple speech: improving communication in disaster relief operations! Dietrich Ungerer; Risk perception and risk management in aviation! Judith Orasanu! Ute Fischer and Jeannie Davison; Managing threat and error to increase safety in medicine! Robert L. Helmreich and J. Bryan Sexton; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Professor Rainer Jochum Dietrich, Rainer Jochum Dietrich, Kateri Jochum, Jochum Kateri
• Assisted by: Professor Rainer Dietrich (Editor), Rainer Dietrich (Editor), Kateri Jochum (Editor)
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2004
• EAN: 9780754634355
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-3435-5
• No. of pages: 146
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Aviation and space engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety, Aerospace & aviation technology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Aerospace and aviation technology, Health & safety issues, Health and safety in the workplace