The Human Factor, Organizational Support and Organizational Effectiveness

2013 ◽  
pp. 311-338
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Effectiveness ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Human Factor

Putting Anthropological Skills to Use in Engagement with Grassroots Community Organizations1

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-25
Author(s):  
Tim Sieber
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Effectiveness ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Grant Writing ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Organizational Mission ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Brazilian Immigrants ◽  
Coalitions And Alliances

Academic anthropologists have many valuable skills to offer community-based non-profit organizations. Conceptualizing and tracing the embeddedness of the organization in its community, constituency, or client base, especially in situations of change, is essential in understanding and reformulating organizational mission, designing new programming, developing leadership and governance, building coalitions and alliances, measuring organizational effectiveness and achievements, and being able to articulate a compelling rationale in grant-writing and other funding appeals for organizational support. This account draws from an auto-ethnographic case study of the author's involvement in a Boston-based workers' center that supports Brazilian immigrants.

An Application of the HFACS Method to Aviation Accidents in Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaac Munene
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Human Factor ◽  
Flight Training ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Causal Factors ◽  
Aviation Accidents ◽  
Factors Analysis ◽  
Adverse Weather ◽  
Decision Errors

Abstract. The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) methodology was applied to accident reports from three African countries: Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. In all, 55 of 72 finalized reports for accidents occurring between 2000 and 2014 were analyzed. In most of the accidents, one or more human factors contributed to the accident. Skill-based errors (56.4%), the physical environment (36.4%), and violations (20%) were the most common causal factors in the accidents. Decision errors comprised 18.2%, while perceptual errors and crew resource management accounted for 10.9%. The results were consistent with previous industry observations: Over 70% of aviation accidents have human factor causes. Adverse weather was seen to be a common secondary casual factor. Changes in flight training and risk management methods may alleviate the high number of accidents in Africa.

Review of Flightdeck Performance: The Human Factor.

1991 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 730-730
Author(s):  
No authorship indicated
Keyword(s):  
Human Factor
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