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Improving Air Safety through Organizational Learning - Consequences of a Technology-led Model (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Improving Air Safety through Organizational Learning - Consequences of a Technology-led Model (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The key theme of this book is organizational learning and its
consequences for the field of aviation 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. Why is this? Many safety improvements
have been embodied in technology. New devices and procedures appear
almost daily, yet the rate of air safety improvement has dragged in
recent years. 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. This is not a book about the
convenience of including or not including IT in aviation, but an
open discussion about the adequacy and risks of some practices in
the field. Two different but complementary issues emerge. Firstly,
a real improvement in air safety requires a different approach,
since the present one seems now to be exhausted. Secondly, the
current approach has powerful economic roots, and any new approach
must deal with this fact, improving safety rates without becoming
financially damaging. Consequently the book is divided into two
parts. Part one deals with the issue of the present learning model
organizing the conclusions around accident reports that show
themselves the existence of a problem: the present use of
technology makes the system better at doing things already known,
while at the same time it makes the whole system worse at dealing
with unplanned situations. Part two suggests a new development
model, one that makes strong use of technology but at the same time
questions every step: what knowledge will disappear from the system
and what is the potential effect of that loss?
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