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social science subjects > business and management > organization studies > organization theory > normal accident theory
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normal accident theory  

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  • Normal accident theory describes organizations and technologies that are so complex that accidents are to be expected as a normal outcome. In Normal Accidents, Charles Perrow examined such high-risk technologies as nuclear power, petrochemical plants, and air travel (as well as the organizations managing them), and concluded that it is the combination of complex interaction and tight coupling among the subparts of these systems that makes them accident-prone, regardless of the precautions taken. [Source: Encyclopedia of Governance; Normal Accident Theory]

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