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A Case study of co-ordinative decision-making in disaster management

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Smith, Wally
A Case study of co-ordinative decision-making in disaster management / Wally Smith, John Dowell
A persistent problem in the management of response to disasters is the lack of co-ordination between the various agencies involved. This article reports a case study of inter-agency co-ordination during the response to a railway accident in the United Kingdom. The case examined two potential sources of difficulty for co-ordination: first, poorly shared mental models; and second, a possible conflict between the requirements of distributed decision-making and the nature of individual decision-making
En: Ergonomics. - London and Washington. - Vol. 43, nº 8, August 2000 ; p. 1153-1166
1. Coordinación . 2. Toma de decisiones en grupo . 3. Trabajo en equipo . 4. Grupos de trabajo . 5. Efectividad organizacional . 6. Accidentes . 7. Psicología de la prevención . 8. Casos prácticos . 9. Reino Unido . I. Dowell, John . II. Title. III. Título: Ergonomics.