Improving Air Safety Through Organizational Learning - Consequences of a Technology-Led Model

Informationen zum Autor José Sánchez-Alarcos Ballesteros holds a PhD in Sociology from the Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca in Spain. His thesis, about organizational learning and air safety, was evaluated as summa cum laude. He is currently affiliated as a researcher at COPAC (Commercial Aviation Pilots Association) in Madrid, teaches at the Instituto de Empresa and serves as Managing Partner at Quasar Aviation, providing consultation on quality and safety in commercial aviation. Klappentext The key theme of this book is organizational learning and its consequences for the field of air safety. Air safety rates have been improving for a long time, demonstrating the effects of a good learning model at work. However, the pace of improvement has almost come to a standstill. Improving Air Safety through Organizational Learning explains this situation as being the consequence of a development model supported chiefly by information technology being introduced as an alternative to human operators, and offers a new development model, one that makes strong use of technology but at the same time questions every step and suggests possible ways to recover the lost learning capacity. Zusammenfassung Air safety rates have been improving, demonstrating the effects of a good learning model at work. This book deals with the issue of learning model organizing the conclusions around accident reports that show themselves the existence of a problem. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Commercial Aviation: A High-Risk Activity; Chapter 2 Event Analysis as an Improvement Tool; Chapter 3 Safety in Commercial Aviation: Risk Factors; Chapter 4 Explanation of the Reduction in the Rate of Learning in Complex Environments; Chapter 5 Organizational Learning in Air Safety: Lessons for the Future; Chapter 6 Meaning and Trust as Keys to Organizational Learning; Chapter 7 The Future of Improvements in Air Safety; Chapter 8 Conclusions;

Product details

• Authors: Jose Sanchez-Alarcos Ballesteros, José Sánchez-Alarcos Ballesteros
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.09.2007
• EAN: 9780754649120
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-4912-0
• No. of pages: 230
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, Industrial relations, health & safety, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety, Organizational theory & behaviour, Aerospace & aviation technology, Organizational theory and behaviour, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Aerospace and aviation technology, Ergonomics