Bignell, Victor and Fortune, Joyce (1984). Understanding Systems Failures. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
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Abstract
This book outlines a common approach to the understanding of many different kinds of failure: failures of machines, of individuals, of groups and businesses.
A dozen case histories are discussed by the authors. They range from the accident at the Three Mile Island power station to the collapse of Rolls-Royce and the sinking of a North Sea rig, each a result of a variety of faults and failures. Failures are then analysed through an approach based on the identification of the systems that failed and a comparison of these with a variety of standard systems.
The stories of many of these failures have never been written from such a perspective before, and this is the first time that a wide range of studies has been brought together to provide an understanding of failure in its widest possible sense.
| Item Type: | Authored Book |
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| Copyright Holders: | 1984 The Open University |
| ISBN: | 0-7190-0973-1, 978-0-7190-0973-0 |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Engineering and Innovation Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) |
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| Item ID: | 12943 |
| Depositing User: | Joyce Fortune |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Sep 2011 13:45 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2016 13:21 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/12943 |
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