A systemic analysis of patterns of organizational breakdowns in accidents: A case from Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) operations

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 99, Issue , 2012, Pages 193-208

  Kontogiannis, Tom ^a   Malakis, Stathis ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cybernetics; Organizational accidents; STAMP; Systems thinking; Viable System Model

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION; ACCIDENT MODELS; CONTROL DYNAMIC; CONTROL PROCESS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GENERAL PATTERNS; GRADUAL DEGRADATION; ORGANIZATIONAL MODELS; SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS; STAMP; STEERING FUNCTIONS; STRUCTURAL VULNERABILITY; SYSTEMIC ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS MODELS; SYSTEMS THINKING; THEORETICAL MODELS; VIABLE SYSTEM MODEL;

ACCIDENTS; CYBERNETICS; HELICOPTER SERVICES; HELICOPTERS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 84855657770     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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