Learning in emergency organisations: Trial without error

International Journal of Emergency Management

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 410-422

  Aase, Karina ^a   Tjensvoll, Torstein ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barriers; Emergency organisation; High reliability organisations; Learning; Organisational knowledge mechanisms

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; PERSONNEL; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; RISKS; SAFETY DEVICES;

EMERGENCY ORGANIZATIONS; LEARNING ACTIVITIES; LEARNING MECHANISMS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPERIMENTATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 2442442723     PISSN: 14714825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEM.2003.004361     Document Type: Article

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