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ASH-043
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Culture at Work in Aviation and Medicine
National, Organizational and Professional Influences,
Robert L. Helmreich and Ashleigh C. Merritt
1998, 336 pages
Summary:
Culture at Work in Aviation and Medicine
National, Organizational and Professional Influences- The book is intended to be accessible both to
practitioners and managers interested in improving their organizations, and to researchers
seeking a greater understanding of the influences and types of cultures." -- Flight
Safety Foundation, Flight Safety Digest. "The strength in the book lies in the numerous case histories that serve to
reinforce key principles. Readers from both the aviation and medical occupations will
readily identify with the examples . . . come to better appreciate the commonality the two
disciplines share. . . . this book is recommended reading for human factors researchers
and practitioners alike." -- Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine.
"The authors direct their attention to applied research as well as the practical
tools approach and deal with the relationship between culture, error and error management,
and between culture and aviation human factors training for operational personnel."
-- Book News. "This is an important and timely book . . .an invaluable insight into the
cultures--national, organisational and professional--which affect most of us at work . .
.very well written, referenced and indexed . . .illuminated with vivid anecdotes and case
studies." -- AAvPA Flyer, the newsletter of the Australian Aviation Psychology
Association. "This book possesses a number of desirable qualities. . . . written in a clear,
engaging style. As a result, readers with minimal expertise [in aviation and medicine]
should have little difficulty interpreting the research. . . . is both interesting and
informative. . . . to the extent that practitioners begin to explore the effects of
culture in their own work -- and few are as influential in the aviation domain as
Helmreich -- the book should be a success." -- Personnel Psychology. "Robert Helmreich has headed one of the most important sociotechnical studies in
the twentieth century, the Crew Resource Management Project at the University of Texas,
Austin. Now Helmreich and his co-author Ashleigh Merritt have shared the principal results
of that study in a single, integrated form that will be of importance to scholars and
practitioners alike. In addition to presenting some of the key results of CRM both for
aviation and medicine, the authors have used their extensive experience and network of
contacts to enrich the text with marvelous anecdotes and case studies, . . . using a
straightforward style that is a pleasure to read and [has] a complete lack of the usual
academic jargon. "The ideas are presented forcefully, documented with scrupulous care, and one can
grasp immediately how the concepts in the book might be applied to ongoing aviation
operations. The extensions to medicine should intrigue and stimulate also those concerned
about human factors and the operations of surgical teams. The quality and variety of the
research cited in this work is impressive. A good argument could be made for purchase
based on the references alone. This is a book that all those concerned with safety in the
operational environment will wish to get and read cover-to-cover." -- Dr. Ron
Westrum, Professor of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Technology, Eastern Michigan
University, USA. Culture forms a complex framework of national, organizational and professional
attitudes and values within which groups and individuals function. The reality and
strength of culture become salient when we work within a new group and interact with
people who have well-established norms and values. In Culture at Work in Aviation and Medicine the authors report the results of their
ongoing exploration of the influences of culture in two professions--aviation and
medicine. Their focus is on commercial airline pilots and operating room teams. Within
these two environments, they show the effects of professional, national and organizational
cultures on individual attitudes, values and team interactions. This book is laced with numerous contributions from a range of practitioners and
researchers from Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas, as well as vivid case studies
and practical examples. The book is designed to be accessible to practitioners and
managers wishing to improve their own organization and to researchers with an interest in
gaining a greater understanding of the types of culture. The authors direct their attention to applied research as well as to the search for
practical tools to approach and deal with the relationship between culture, error and
error management, and between culture and human factors training in aviation for
operational personnel. They devote particular attention to the link between culture and
Crew Resource Management (CRM) training, a safety and prevention tool towards which few if
any have contributed so much and so well. Content: Preface; Foreword, Captain Daniel
Maurino, ICAO; Groups and cultures in
aviation and medicine; Professional culture; National culture; Organizational culture;
Error management: a cultural universal in aviation and medicine; Implementing error
management: trust, data and interventions; When cultures collide; Cultural
psychology—a synthesis; References; Appendix A: Methodological issues in
cross-cultural research; Appendix B: Data; Appendix C: Research instruments.
Robert L. Helmreich is Professor of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, USA and
Director, University of Texas at Austin Aerospace Crew Research Project. Please also see
the Aerospace Crew Research Project Web page on Culture at Work in Aviation and Medicine.
Dr. Ashleigh C. Merritt is Project Manager, Jean Pariès safety and human factors
consulting group, Dédale, Paris, France. Dr. Merritt also served as a post-doctoral
fellow at the Aerospace Crew Research Project. Please also see What Pilots Can Teach Doctors, a CBS News story on the lessons the
medical profession can learn from CRM training.
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US$74.95
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ASH-002
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Aeromedical Transportation
A Clinical Guide, Dr Terence Martin DERA
Centre for Human Sciences & Howard D.
Rodenberg Medical Rescue International
Inc., South Africa. 1996. 288 pp. Available in
English.
Summary: Aeromedical
Transportation, A Clinical Guide- ". . . well
illustrated and has several useful tables that are comprehensively
indexed. . . . The book will appeal to all those working in the
aeromedical field." -- Pre-Hospital Immediate Care. "This is a
needed and highly readable, practical review of Aeromedical Transportation
. . . a good review of a complex and developing field which belongs on the
shelf of any health professional concerned with aeromedical
transport." -- Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine. "The
amount of information packed into these pages is immense. . . . there are
not many aspects of the topic that cannot have been covered within its
pages." -- Disaster Prevention and Management. In recent years there
has been growth in international tourism, particularly in air travel. This
has been reflected in a profusion of activity in the aeromedical
transportation of patients. Pre-hospital medical care has also developed
rapidly, with helicopters in use with many of the emergency services. This
book addresses relevant issues of the special physical, physiological and
psychological stresses that are important in the flight environment. It
describes, in detail, the conditions which are susceptible to this form of
transport and how patients may be safely and efficiently carried (while
other aviation medicine texts mostly deal with the care and occupational
problems of aircrew.) A very practical text, international in its
approach, much of its content is devoted to clinical matters.
Administration and organization are also discussed, but are addressed from
the standpoint of the clinical aeromedical escort. The text is suitable
for medical, paramedical and nursing personnel and for those working in
organizations whose duties include the transportation of the sick and
injured by air.
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US$ 94.95
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