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'Charles Perrow' is a noted organizational theorist and sociologist for some time on the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh and recently at Yale University.
Perhaps his most famous work is (ISBN 0-07-554799-6) first published in 1972 by Scott. Forseman & Co, Glenville Illinois.
He is the author of the book (ISBN 0-691-00412-9) which explains his theory of normal accidents; catastrophic accidents that are inevitable in tightly coupled and complex systems. His theory predicts that failures will occur in multiple and unforeseen ways that are virtually impossible to predict.

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★ Homepage at Yale

★ Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

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★ High reliability organization