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Disastrous decisions : the human and organisational causes of the Gulf of Mexico blowout, Andrew Hopkins
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- Summary
- "Disastrous Decisions: The Human and Organisational Causes of the Gulf of Mexico Blowout takes the reader into the realm of human and organisational factors that contributed to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. This event resulted in the loss of 11 lives in the explosions and fire, the sinking of the rig and untold damage to the environment and to the livelihood of Gulf residents. It is important to know what people did, but even more important to know why they did it, so this book attempts to "get inside the heads" of decision-makers and understand how they themselves understood the situations they were in. It also seeks to discover what it was in their organisational environment that encouraged them to think and act as they did. Professor Andrew Hopkins is an internationally-renowned presenter, author and consultant in the field of industrial safety and accident analysis. Professor Hopkins has been awarded a prize by the European Process Safety Centre for "extraordinary contribution to process safety", the first time this has been awarded outside of Europe ..."--Publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 194 p.
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Tunnel vision engineering
- Confirmation bias: the well integrity test
- Falling dominos: the failure of defence-in-depth
- Meaning of safety
- Choosing the right measures and making them matter
- Organisational structure
- Learning
- Management walk-arounds
- Regulation
- Some popular accounts of the Macondo accident
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1. Decision tree
- Appendix 2. BP risk matrix
- Isbn
- 9781921948770
- Label
- Disastrous decisions : the human and organisational causes of the Gulf of Mexico blowout
- Title
- Disastrous decisions
- Title remainder
- the human and organisational causes of the Gulf of Mexico blowout
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrew Hopkins
- Subject
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- Emergency management -- Mexico, Gulf of
- Environmental disasters -- Mexico, Gulf of
- Industrial accidents -- Mexico, Gulf of
- BP (Firm)
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Accidents -- Mexico, Gulf of
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Management
- Oil spills -- Mexico, Gulf of -- Management
- BP (Firm)
- BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010
- Decision making
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Disastrous Decisions: The Human and Organisational Causes of the Gulf of Mexico Blowout takes the reader into the realm of human and organisational factors that contributed to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. This event resulted in the loss of 11 lives in the explosions and fire, the sinking of the rig and untold damage to the environment and to the livelihood of Gulf residents. It is important to know what people did, but even more important to know why they did it, so this book attempts to "get inside the heads" of decision-makers and understand how they themselves understood the situations they were in. It also seeks to discover what it was in their organisational environment that encouraged them to think and act as they did. Professor Andrew Hopkins is an internationally-renowned presenter, author and consultant in the field of industrial safety and accident analysis. Professor Hopkins has been awarded a prize by the European Process Safety Centre for "extraordinary contribution to process safety", the first time this has been awarded outside of Europe ..."--Publisher description
- Cataloging source
- AU@
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1945-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hopkins, Andrew
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HD7269.P42
- LC item number
- M614 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Decision making
- Petroleum industry and trade
- Oil spills
- Industrial accidents
- Environmental disasters
- Emergency management
- Petroleum industry and trade
- BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010
- BP (Firm)
- Label
- Disastrous decisions : the human and organisational causes of the Gulf of Mexico blowout, Andrew Hopkins
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-188) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Tunnel vision engineering -- Confirmation bias: the well integrity test -- Falling dominos: the failure of defence-in-depth -- Meaning of safety -- Choosing the right measures and making them matter -- Organisational structure -- Learning -- Management walk-arounds -- Regulation -- Some popular accounts of the Macondo accident -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Decision tree -- Appendix 2. BP risk matrix
- Control code
- ocn782132052
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 194 p.
- Isbn
- 9781921948770
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Label
- Disastrous decisions : the human and organisational causes of the Gulf of Mexico blowout, Andrew Hopkins
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-188) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Tunnel vision engineering -- Confirmation bias: the well integrity test -- Falling dominos: the failure of defence-in-depth -- Meaning of safety -- Choosing the right measures and making them matter -- Organisational structure -- Learning -- Management walk-arounds -- Regulation -- Some popular accounts of the Macondo accident -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Decision tree -- Appendix 2. BP risk matrix
- Control code
- ocn782132052
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 194 p.
- Isbn
- 9781921948770
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
Subject
- Emergency management -- Mexico, Gulf of
- Environmental disasters -- Mexico, Gulf of
- Industrial accidents -- Mexico, Gulf of
- BP (Firm)
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Accidents -- Mexico, Gulf of
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Management
- Oil spills -- Mexico, Gulf of -- Management
- BP (Firm)
- BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010
- Decision making
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