Ragnar Rosness, Geir Guttormsen, Trygve Steiro, Ranveig K. Tinmannsvik, Ivonne A. Herrera
15.01.2004 
78 sider
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Several major accidents are related to the interplay of organisational properties and technology. The aim of this report is to present a set of perspectives that can help us understand the organisational mechanisms related to major accidents. Five perspectives are discussed:

1. The energy and barrier perspective
2. The theory of Normal Accidents
3. The theory of High Reliability Organisations
4. The information processing perspective
5. A decision-making perspective

The target groups of the report are researchers, students and advanced practitioners.