Generation of hindsight

Brian Toft and Simon Reynolds
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Chapter Chapter 5 in Learning from Disasters: A Management Approach, 2005, pp 42-64 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter discusses the use of public inquiries to draw out the lessons from disasters. People have lost their lives in these incidents, and all involved in the inquiry process owe it to those people to bring out as full a picture as possible of what occurred in order to recommend ways of preventing recurrence of similar incidents. Some former witnesses to public inquiries are critical of aspects of procedure, especially the quasi-legal and adversarial nature of such investigations. Some have stressed that not all relevant issues may be considered by inquiries, that recommendations may be incomplete in scope, and that there may be too much emphasis on blaming someone or something.

Keywords: Public Inquiry; Safety Culture; Event Chain; Erroneous Belief; Architect Journal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-27902-9_5

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