This latest edition of The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error ' will help you understand how to move beyond 'human error'; how to understand accidents; how to do better investigations; how to understand and improve your safety work.
Professor Sidney Dekker Books
Sidney W. A. Dekker is a distinguished scholar specializing in human factors and system safety theory. His work delves into the intricacies of complexity and systems thinking, particularly within safety contexts. Dekker's research critically examines why humans err, how systems respond to failures, and how to engineer more resilient and safer environments. His approach uniquely blends profound theoretical insights with practical, real-world experience.


The freedom to make more rules -- Free markets in theory; intensive managerial control in practice -- The Macro: Sell out and pull out -- The Meso: Mistrust and monitor -- The Micro: Audit and cash in -- How governments missed this -- A retreat into rules.