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Modeling patterns of breakdown (or archetypes) of human and organizational processes in accidents using system dynamics

Kontogiannis Thomas

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URI: http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/8A9913B5-C795-4C9D-980B-17BDFB27B549
Year 2012
Type of Item Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication
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Bibliographic Citation T. Kontogiannis, "Modeling patterns of breakdown (or archetypes) of human and organizational processes in accidents using system dynamics," Safety Science, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 931–944, Aprl. 2012. doi: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.12.011 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2011.12.011
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Systems approaches to safety have received growing attention in modern accident investigation techniques (e.g., STAMP, Accimap) with the emphasis shifted to the organizational dynamics (or archetypes) that may lead to an erosion of defenses and a drift out of the safety margins. Although the literature contains many applications of archetypes and system dynamics to safety, this richness comes at a cost of learning. It has become very difficult for safety practitioners to integrate the diverse studies of system dynamics with their diverging models. To provide a practical tool of system dynamics in accident investigation, this article reviews earlier studies and integrates them as a classification of patterns of breakdown (or archetypes) of both human and organizational processes on the basis of two control models, that is, the Extended Control Model (ECOM) and the Viable System Model (VSM). In this article, archetypes are represented as variants of two generic templates of performance which exploit many elements of complexity theory and system control. Apart from providing a practical tool to safety practitioners to access the literature on archetypes, the generic templates of ECOM and VSM can be used in building simulators of individual and organizational processes for risk analysis.

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