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Sensemaking in Safety Critical and Complex Situations Human Factors and Design Human factors based design that supports the strengths and weaknesses of humans are often missed during the concept and design of complex technical systems With the focus on digitalization and automation the human actor is often left out of the loop but needs to step in during safety critical situations This book describes how human factors and sensemaking can be used as part of the concept and design of safety critical systems in order to improve safety and resilience This book discusses the challenges of automation and automated systems when humans are left out of the loop and then need to intervene when the situation calls for it It covers human control and accepts that humans must handle the unexpected and describes methods to support this It is based on recent accident analysis involving autonomous systems that move our understanding forward and supports a more modern view on human errors to improve safety in industries such as shipping and marine The book is for human factors and ergonomists safety engineers designers involved in safety critical work and students Stig Ole Johnsen is a Senior Researcher at SINTEF in Norway He has a PhD from NTNU in Norway with a focus on res

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Masterly Utterly compelling A highly readable and engaging tour Sam Freedman The Times From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise the definitive guide to our era of risk and the players raising the stakes In the bestselling The Signal and the Noise Nate Silver showed how forecasting would define the age of Big Data Now in this timely and riveting new book Silver investigates The River or those whose mastery of risk allows them to shape and dominate so much of modern life These professional risk takers poker players and hedge fund managers crypto true believers and blue chip art collectors can teach us much about navigating the uncertainty of the 21st century By embedding within these worlds Silver offers insight into a range of issues that affect us all from the frontiers of finance to the future of AI The River has increasing amounts of wealth and power in our society and understanding their mindset including the flaws in their thinking is key to understanding what drives technology and the global economy today There are certain commonalities in this otherwise diverse group high tolerance for risk appreciation of uncertainty affinity for numbers skill at de coupling self reliance a

Despite occupational diseases in construction contributing to a significant proportion of fatalities and permanent and temporary incapacities they have not gained as much attention as occupational injuries from practitioners and researchers The research in this book aims to discover occupational diseases that cause fatalities and permanent and temporary incapacities in the construction industry along with their epidemiological causal mechanisms Through chapters examining cancers circulatory system diseases respiratory system diseases nervous system and sense organ diseases and musculoskeletal diseases the authors provide new knowledge and insights to help proactively prevent and control these diseases The research underpinning the development of the book applies empirical analyses of real world occupational disease data for the construction industry alongside a detailed review and meta analysis of literature pertinent to risk factors and methods and strategies to prevent and or control occupational diseases in construction Knowing the riskiest diseases and occupations for construction workers along with organisational and personal risk factors is critical to optimising risk management efforts This book should be of interest to students researchers and

Ethical leadership has come to the forefront of management thought in the twenty first century in the wake of breaches of judgement and integrity that have plagued international markets This volume assembles an international cadre of management scholars to explore questions surrounding ethical leadership Using a variety of methods and approaches this collection of studies examines how people determine the ethicality of their leaders the complex connection of trust and those perceptions and how that affects positive employee outcomes in the private and public sectors Issues are explored both from the standpoint of behaving unethically and behaving ethically at the individual and firm levels The diversity of approaches and penetrating insight makes this a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding the dynamics of ethics and leadership This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Change Management

This contemporary book offers current perspectives on routines and rituals to extend an understanding of the scope of these concepts with a view to challenging conventional wisdom and to offer insight for practitioners Routines and rituals are part of everyday being Routines can be useful for individuals in structuring messiness in their lives while rituals are often more spectacular in nature and typically involve a collective event Routines and rituals can be traditional established new or reinvented as well as personal social and or emotional Traditionally rituals have been characterised by formality customs regularity and procedure conversely routines public or private have been considered less important in their significance and meaning Employing several research methods literature review ethnography netnography autoethnography and in depth interviews and examining a variety of contexts ranging from hen parties clothing to collegiate tailgating and the Covid pandemic this edited volume reveals typologies and tactics for strategic practitioner use and policy makers as well as identifying avenues for further research The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Journal of Marketing Management

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Masterly Utterly compelling A highly readable and engaging tour Sam Freedman The Times From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise the definitive guide to our era of risk and the players raising the stakes In the bestselling The Signal and the Noise Nate Silver showed how forecasting would define the age of Big Data Now in this timely and riveting new book Silver investigates The River or those whose mastery of risk allows them to shape and dominate so much of modern life These professional risk takers poker players and hedge fund managers crypto true believers and blue chip art collectors can teach us much about navigating the uncertainty of the 21st century By embedding within these worlds Silver offers insight into a range of issues that affect us all from the frontiers of finance to the future of AI The River has increasing amounts of wealth and power in our society and understanding their mindset including the flaws in their thinking is key to understanding what drives technology and the global economy today There are certain commonalities in this otherwise diverse group high tolerance for risk appreciation of uncertainty affinity for numbers skill at de coupling self reliance a

This book covers a wide range of advanced techniques and approaches for designing and implementing computationally intelligent methods in different application domains which is of great use to not only researchers but also academicians and industry experts Optimized Computational Intelligence OCI is a new cutting edge and multidisciplinary research area that tackles the fundamental problems shared by modern informatics biologically inspired computation software engineering AI cybernetics cognitive science medical science systems science philosophy linguistics economics management science and life sciences OCI aims to apply modern computationally intelligent methods to generate optimum outcomes in various application domains This book presents the latest technologies driven material to explore optimized various computational intelligence domains includes real life case studies highlighting different advanced technologies in computational intelligence provides a unique compendium of current and emerging hybrid intelligence paradigms for advanced informatics reflects the diversity complexity and depth and breadth of this critical bio inspired domain offers a guided tour of computational intelligence algorithms architecture design and application

Much has been said and written about the financial tsunami and subsequent economic dislocation that occurred in the opening decade of the 21st Century Professor Ivo Pezzuto is described by business scholars as an expert on the global financial crisis He has lectured about it at conferences and seminars written some of the most read and quoted papers contributed to what is considered the most authoritative book on the subject and to one of the best known US based blogs dealing with it In Predictable and Avoidable Dr Pezzuto offers business school students academics and industry experts in the fields of finance risk management audit corporate governance economics and regulation a truly independent and unbiased analysis of the financial crises starting in 2007 and one of the first fully considered expositions of the financial governance and regulatory reforms needed for the future Augmented with personal interviews involving selected global thought leaders and industry experts the author s narrative focuses on the technical issues that led to the global crisis but also addresses the human cultural and ethical aspects of the events from both sociological and managerial perspectives The book exposes the root causes and contributes significantly to

From the author of Million Dollar Maths comes a fascinating and engaging look at the mathematics that lies behind our modern world How does Google know what you want to type How did humans first reach the moon Could we ever have a supercomputer the size of a pinhead In this thrilling numerical journey Hugh Barker explores how mathematics has helped to build the technology of today and the fascinating ways it is shaping the future From green energy to 3 D printing and from quantum cryptography to machine learning Quantum Leaps reveals the hidden mathematics in modern technology Beautifully written and full of ingenious examples this book will make you realise how the modern world would be impossible without our formidable mathematical armoury

How the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age of automation From the Industrial Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence The Technology Trap takes a sweeping look at the history of technological progress and how it has radically shifted the distribution of econ

This is one of the first textbooks to explore the research process within the specific context of luxury brand management It adopts a case rich approach informed by original research to guide the reader through the various stages of the research process from conception to completion and application Beginning with a summary of past and present research in the field of luxury the book then outlines the fundamental principles of research paying particular attention to representativeness and contextualisation before guiding readers through the intricacies of research design Further topics include the nature of data in the field of luxury the research challenges facing luxury practitioners quantitative and qualitative research methods for luxury brand management specialists analytical techniques and guidance for presenting and applying research findings within the luxury environment Real world examples and case studies are provided in each chapter and the book rounds off with some review challenges and problem solving exercises to facilitate self learning Research Methods in Luxury Management is essential reading for postgraduate and advanced undergraduate courses in luxury brand management luxury marketing and luxury strategy It will also be a useful tool

This book provides a practical introduction to analyzing ecological data using real data sets The first part gives a largely non mathematical introduction to data exploration univariate methods including GAM and mixed modeling techniques multivariate analysis time series analysis and spatial statistics The second part provides 17 case studies The case studies include topics ranging from terrestrial ecology to marine biology and can be used as a template for a reader s own data analysis Data from all case studies are available from www highstat com Guidance on software is provided in the book

The 3rd edition of this popular textbook introduces the reader to the investigation of vegetation systems with an emphasis on data analysis The book succinctly illustrates the various paths leading to high quality data suitable for pattern recognition pattern testing static and dynamic modelling and model testing including spatial and temporal aspects of ecosystems Step by step introductions using small examples lead to more demanding approaches illustrated by real world examples aimed at explaining interpretations All data sets and examples described in the book are available online and are written using the freely available statistical package R This book will be of particular value to beginning graduate students and postdoctoral researchers of vegetation ecology ecological data analysis and ecological modelling and experienced researchers needing a guide to new methods A completely revised and updated edition of this popular introduction to data analysis in vegetation ecology Includes practical step by step examples using the freely available statistical package R Complex concepts and operations are explained using clear illustrations and case studies relating to real world phenomena Emphasizes method selection rather than just giving a set of recipes

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