Adaptation failures that cause error in technical organizations

Human Systems Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 301-312

  Busby, J S ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Feedback; Human error; Organisational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035182121     PISSN: 01672533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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