normal accident theory

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:appliesTo aviation
nuclear power plants
space missions
chemical plants
gptkbp:contrastsWith high reliability theory
gptkbp:describedBy Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies
gptkbp:focusesOn complex systems
tightly coupled systems
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label normal accident theory
gptkbp:influenced risk management
organizational studies
safety engineering
gptkbp:languageOfOrigin English
gptkbp:proposedBy Charles Perrow
gptkbp:publicationYear 1984
gptkbp:relatedTo organizational behavior
system accidents
gptkbp:requires accidents are inevitable in complex, tightly coupled systems
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:High_Reliability_Organization
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6