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Organisational Failure: An Exploratory Study in the Steel Industry and Medical Domain.
van Vuuren W. [dissertation]. Eindhoven, The Netherlands: Eindhoven University of Technology; 1998.
This report provides a detailed review of risk management in complex and high-risk organizations. The author focuses on the analysis and categorization of safety-related incidents and their organizational causes.
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