This volume offers an exploration of successful organizational change -- through the use of a purposeful, product-oriented vision shared by all members. It stresses the four pillars of sociotechnical methodology -- systems, power, product, and purpose. For business managers, sociologists, and psychologists.

Performance by Design: Sociotechnical Systems in North America

Business & Money

Taylor, James C.

Felten, David F.

Management & Leadership

Pearson College Div

Applied Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance

Considering the global awareness of human performance issues affecting maintenance personnel, there is enough evidence in the US ASRS reports to establish that systemic problems such as impractical maintenance procedures, inadequate training, and the safety versus profit challenge continue to contribute toward latent failures. Manoj S. Patankar and James C. Taylor strongly believe in incorporating the human factors principles in aviation maintenance. In this, their second of two volumes, they place particular emphasis on applying human factors principles in a book intended to serve as a practical guide, as well as an academic text. Features include: - A real 'how to' approach that serves as a companion to the previous volume: 'Risk Management and Error Reduction in Aviation Maintenance'. - Self-reports of maintenance errors used throughout to illustrate the systemic susceptibility for errors as well as to discuss corresponding solutions. - Two tools - a pre-task scorecard and a post-task scorecard - introduced as means to measure individual as well as organizational safety performance. - Interpersonal trust and professionalism explored in detail. - Ethical and procedural issues associated with collection and analysis of both qualitative as well as quantitative safety data discussed. The intended readership includes aviation maintenance personnel, e.g. FAA-type aircraft mechanics, CAA-type aircraft maintenance engineers, maintenance managers, regulators, and aviation students.

Patankar, Manoj S.

Economics

Routledge

Although several U.S. and European airlines have started providing human factors training to their maintenance personnel, the academic community (some 300 academic programs in the United States and several others in Europe and Asia) has not yet started offering formal human factors education to maintenance students. The highly respected authors strongly believe in incorporating the human factors principles in aviation maintenance. This is the first of two volumes providing effective behavioural guidance on risk management in aviation maintenance for both the novice and the experienced maintenance personnel. Its practical guidelines assist both student and practising aviation maintenance personnel to develop sustainable safety culture. For the maintenance community it provides some theoretical discussion about the "Why?" for risk management and then focus on the 'How?' to implement a successful error reduction program. To help the maintenance community in making a strong case to their financial managers, the authors also discuss the return on investment for risk management programs. The issue of risk management is taken at two levels. First, it provides a basic awareness information to those who have little or no knowledge of maintenance human factors. Second, it provides a set of practical tools for the more experienced people so that they can be more effective in risk management and error recovery in their jobs. This invaluable book serves as a practical guide as well as an academic textbook. The book covers fundamental human factors principles from a risk management perspective. Upon reading this informative book, the audience will be able to apply the basic principles of risk management to aviation maintenance environment, and they will be able to use low-risk behaviours in their daily work.

Risk Management and Error Reduction in Aviation Maintenance

Insurance

Introduces a new approach to maintenance operations that recommends short group meetings rather than individual meetings for more effective sharing of information among all employees. The last three chapters detail how maintenance resource management programs at several large carriers have reduced maintenance errors and improved the professional caliber of mechanics and managers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Airline Maintenance Resource Management: Improving Communication

Engineering & Transportation

Christenson, Tom D.

Transportation

Society of Automotive Engineers

Green Gem Sparks must be launched to save humanity. Bryon Diamond battles flesh eating Shark Runners, and Solar Earth Storms, in his fight to deliver the Green Gem. Spiritual mentors reveal inner visions on Diamond's quest. Green Gem soars into, the heart and soul, fragile balance of all life on our planet earth.

Green Gem

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Mountain Girl Press

This book is a must for anyone concerned about worldwide terrorism. Many people in America and Europe think of the Arabs - the Sons of Ishmael as spoken of in the Bible - and the religion of Islam as a threat to their Western way of life. In this book, we investigate that belief by looking at those Sons of Ishmael: their beginning, their secular and biblical history, the beginning and development of the religion of Islam - and their possible connection to worldwide terrorism. We also look at the history of terrorism - along with the history and current activities of some specific terrorist groups including Hamas, Al Qaeda and Isis. We then pursue the causes of terrorism, some possible solutions to the problem - and finally, we take a look at the probable future of terrorism - including the issue of current and growing cyber-terrorism in the world around us.

The Sons of Ishmael

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

lulu.com

Volume 63 considers the recent achievements in the field of biomimetic sol-gel mineralization of natural polysaccharides for obtaining biologically active silicon-containing hydrogel materials, as well as the effect of the chirality of the main classes of biomimetics on their functional properties. The effects of reaction conditions such as temperature, weight hour space velocity and catalyst modification using different types of metals on catalyst activity and selectivity are explored. Following this, a review is provided on the influence of different acid types on the reaction course and selectivity of Prins cyclization of chosen aldehydes and homoallylic alcohols. In addition, an investigation of the best methanol to olefin conversion catalyst, SAPO-34, is studied in both synthesis and metal promotion. The penultimate chapter highlights the properties of Casuarina fruit as adsorbent material for water pollutants removal. These findings are expected to shed some light on the removal performance, as well as promising applications of Casuarina fruit-based activated carbon for wastewater treatment. Lastly, nanoparticles of phthalic acid/aluminum nitrate are synthesized using a hydrothermal method, leading to a large quantity of CAU-10-H.

Advances in Chemistry Research

Science & Math

Chemistry

Nova Science Pub Inc

'Advances in Chemistry Research' presents original research results on the leading edge of chemistry research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum.

This edited volume comprises five chapters, each detailing recent updates in chemistry research. Chapter One describes different types of polymer electrolytes and their preparation methods as well as ion transport mechanisms, methods of improving properties, and techniques for evaluating their structure and properties. Chapter Two analyses the scopes and limitations of chromatography, NMR spectroscopy, and UV spectroscopy for assigning fullerene C60 regioisomeric multiadducts. Chapter Three focuses on electrochemical techniques used for developing insulin sensors of high specificity and sensitivity. Chapter Four presents selected contemporary achievements of different computational methods in modelling of natural and newly synthesized compounds with determined antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral activities. Lastly, Chapter Five reviews some metal porphyrins of manganese, cobalt, vanadium, and chromium and their catalytic applications.

Advances in Chemistry Research (Advances in Chemistry Research, 70)

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Performance by Design: Sociotechnical Systems in North America

Applied Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance

Risk Management and Error Reduction in Aviation Maintenance

Airline Maintenance Resource Management: Improving Communication

Green Gem

Risk Management and Error Reduction in Aviation Maintenance

The Sons of Ishmael

Advances in Chemistry Research

Advances in Chemistry Research

Advances in Chemistry Research (Advances in Chemistry Research, 70)