Questioning, exploring, narrating and playing in the control room to maintain system safety

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 279-291

  Smith, Penn ^a   Blandford, Ann ^a   Back, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control rooms; Human error; Problem solving; Reflection on action; Safety

Indexed keywords

CONTROL ROOMS; EXPLORATORY LEARNING; HUMAN ERROR; SAFETY; SYSTEM SAFETY;

ERRORS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 70350583393     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-008-0116-1     Document Type: Article

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