Essays about: "HRO"

Found 5 essays containing the word HRO.

1. 1. Risk & Policy: The relevance and influence of Aaron Wildavsky’s book Searching for Safety in the safety discourse.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Hans Nagtegaal; [2024]
   Keywords : Wildavsky; Resilience; Anticipation; Cultural Theory; Global Safety; Political Science; Safety Discourse; Social Power; Economy of Safety; Net Benefit; FLMU06; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : The main finding of this thesis is that the relevance and influence of Aaron Wildavsky’s book Searching for Safety in today’s safety discourse is limited although Wildavsky may be considered to be the linking pin between RE, HRO and NAT. The safety discourse may benefit from Wildavsky’s work in political science: I.e. READ MORE

3. 2. Making success out of failures : A quantitative research in Failure culture and Quality improvement

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för kvalitets- och maskinteknik

   Author : Anna Bayramyan; [2020]
   Keywords : Quality management; Failure; Errors; Failure culture; HRO; TQM;

   Abstract : Companies can draw valuable lessons from their failures, and use them for their improvementwork. A positive failure culture is however a necessary precondition. High reliabilityorganisations (HRO) are known for their effective way of tackling and using failures aspotential for improvements. READ MORE

4. 3. Intelligent Transportation Systems : Capturing the socio-economic value of uncertain and flexible investments

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Industriell teknik

   Author : David Andersson; Simon Robertsson; [2017]
   Keywords : ITS; Intelligent Transportation systems; Benefit Cost Analysis; Hybrid Real Options;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to evaluate an alternative socio-economical valuation method (i.e., Hybrid Real Options, HRO) to the traditional benefit cost method (CBA) for the evaluation of investments within Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). READ MORE

5. 4. The Conjunction Fallacy from a Safety Culture Perspective - An Experimental Study

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Psykologiska institutionen

   Author : Johan Alexander Nordgren; [2016]
   Keywords : Safety Culture; Blame Culture; Criticism; Negative feedback; mood; affect; CRT; Cognitive Reflection Test; The Conjunction Fallacy; Experiment; High reliability organizations; HRO;

   Abstract : Heuristic estimates of probabilities may be an obstacle to decision making within High Reliability Organizations. Accident reports have found that two from each other separate phenomenon, Blame Culture and Type 1 processing constitutes a particularily serious threat to decision making. READ MORE

6. 5. Seed bio-priming with Serratia plymuthica HRO-C48 for the control of Verticillium longisporum and Phoma lingam in Brassica napus L. spp. oleifera

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology

   Author : Muhammad Fahd Shaukt; [2013]
   Keywords : Oilseed rape; Verticillium longisporum; Seed bio-priming; population dynamics; biological control;

   Abstract : Oilseed rape is one of the most important crops all over the world. It is susceptible to many fungal pathogens including soil-borne Verticillium longisporum (causes Verticillium wilt) and Phoma lingam (causes blackleg). Available control measures are not sufficient to control these diseases. READ MORE