Organisational Failure: An Exploratory Study in the Steel Industry and Medical Domain.

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Organisational Failure: An Exploratory Study in the Steel Industry and Medical Domain.

March 6, 2005

van Vuuren W. Eindhoven, NL; Eindhoven University of Technology: 1998. ISBN 9038605897

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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