Human-Technology-Operations-Organization, Industrial Vulnerabilities, and Resilience (IAM570)

Important human, technological, organizational (HTO), and work related aspects that affect design, utilization, and operations of complex technical systems in modern industrial contexts from reliability, safety and digital security point of view. Understanding and knowledge about issues that need due consideration in changing industrial contexts, various measures to improve safety, security, reliability, and productivity and to reduce unwanted situations and incidents.

Practical industrial cases and incidents.

Knowledge

• has thorough knowledge of theories and methods within human, technology, and organizational aspects.
• can apply knowledge on complex technological systems
• can analyze subject related problems related to design and operational challenges

Skills

• can analyze and deal critically with various sources of information and use them to structure and formulate scholarly arguments
• can analyze existing theories, methods and interpretations in the field and work independently on practical and theoretical problems
• can use relevant principles and methods for research and professional development work

General competence

• can analyze relevant academic, professional and research ethical problems
• can apply his/her knowledge and skills in new areas in order to carry out assignments and projects
• can communicate about academic issues, analyses and conclusions in the field, both with specialists and the general public

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Presentation in groups

Obligatory presentations based on Group work. An additional individual Report and Oral Assessment if the presentations are not satisfactory.

Obligatory requirements must be approved by responsible lecturer within the given deadline.

Fagperson(er)

Head of Department:

Mona Wetrhus Minde

Course coordinator:

Jayantha Prasanna Liyanage

Lectures and discussions. Interactive groupwork. Presentations. Reports and oral assessment when necessary.

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Exchange programme ECIU University

Exchange programme at Faculty of Science and Technology

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Wickens, London, England ;, Routledge, 2016, isbn:1317351320, Chapter-1: Introduction to engineering psychology and human performance Book Managing complexity in high technology organizations KARLENE H. ROBERTS AND, Mohrman, Susan Albers; Von Glinow, Mary Ann, New York, Oxford University Press, XVI, 327 s., 1990, isbn:0195057201, Article: Roberts, K.H. & Gargano, G, M., Managing a high-reliability organization: A case for interdependence Book Macroergonomics : theory, methods, and applications Hal W. Hendrick, Kleiner, Brian M.; Hendrick, Hal W., Mahwah, N.J., Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, XI, 412 s., c2002, isbn:0805831916, Article: Hendrick, H.W., An overview of Macroergonomics. Book Teams and technology : fulfilling the promise of the new organization Mankin, Don, Cohen, Susan G.; Bikson, Tora K., Boston, Mass., Harvard Business School Press, xv, 282 s., c1996, isbn:0875843999, Chapter 12: Organizations without boundaries: New forms for the twenty-first century Book Teams and technology : fulfilling the promise of the new organization Mankin, Don, Cohen, Susan G.; Bikson, Tora K., Boston, Mass., Harvard Business School Press, xv, 282 s., c1996, isbn:0875843999, Chapter 1: Changing organizations with Teams and Technology Book Macroergonomics : theory, methods, and applications Gunilla Bradle¡u, Kleiner, Brian M.; Hendrick, Hal W., Mahwah, N.J., Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, XI, 412 s., c2002, isbn:0805831916, Article: Bradley, G., Information and Communication technology (ICT) and changes in work life: Macroergonomic considerations. Book Information technology and organisational change Ken Eason, London, Taylor & Francis, 247, 1988, isbn:0850663911, Chapter-4: Towards the socio-technical design of information technology systems. Book Normal Accidents : Living with High Risk Technologies - Updated Edition Perrow, Charles, , Princeton, NJ :, Princeton University Press , 1 online resource (779 p.), [2011], isbn:1-4008-2849-X; 9786613379801; 1-283-37980-5, Chapter-3: Complexity, Coupling, and Catastrophe https://bibsys-ur.userservices.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/47BIBSYS_UBIS/openurl?ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_id=10_1&ctx_tim=2020-06-02T14%3A23%3A44IST&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com-pq_ebook_central&req_id=&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.atitle=&rft.jtitle=&rft.btitle=Normal%20Accidents:%20Living%20with%20High%20Risk%20Technologies%20-%20Updated%20Edition.&rft.aulast=Perrow&rft.auinit=C&rft.auinit1=&rft.auinitm=&rft.ausuffix=&rft.au=Perrow,%20Charles&rft.aucorp=&rft.date=1999&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.part=&rft.quarter=&rft.ssn=&rft.spage=&rft.epage=&rft.pages=x+386&rft.artnum=&rft.issn=&rft.eissn=&rft.isbn=9781400828494&rft.sici=&rft.coden=&rft_id=info:doi/&rft.object_id=&rft.eisbn=9781400828494&rft.edition=&rft.pub=&rft.place=&rft.series=&rft.stitle=&rft.bici=&rft_id=info:bibcode/&rft_id=info:hdl/&rft_id=info:lccn/&rft_id=info:oclcnum/843204302&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_id=info:eric/((addata/eric}}&rft_dat=%3Cpq_ebook_central%3EEBC827819%3C/pq_ebook_central%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E,language=eng,view=UBIS&svc_dat=viewit&user_ip=10.16.56.125&req.skin=primo&rft_pqid=EBC827819&rft_galeid=&rft_cupid=&rft_eruid=&rft_nurid=&rft_ingid=View online Book Human factors in engineering and design Sanders, Mark S., McCormick, Ernest J., New York, McGraw-Hill, xiii, 790 s., [1992], c1993, isbn:0071128263; 007054901X, Chapter-22: Human factors in systems design Book Resilience engineering : concepts and precepts Woods, David D ; Hollnagel, Erik ; Hollnagel, Erik, Professor, Leveson, Nancy; Woods, David D.; Hollnagel, Erik, Aldershot, Ashgate, XII, 397 s., c2006, isbn:9780754646419; 0754649040; 0754646416; 9780754649045, Hale, A., Heijer, T., 2006, Chapter-3 Defining Resilience https://bibsys-ur.userservices.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/47BIBSYS_UBIS/openurl?ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_id=10_1&ctx_tim=2020-08-20T11%3A34%3A06IST&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com-swepu&req_id=&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.atitle=Resilience%20Engineering&rft.jtitle=&rft.btitle=%3Ch%3EResilience%3C/h%3E%20%3Ch%3EEngineering%3C/h%3E&rft.aulast=Woods,%20Hollnagel,%20Hollnagel&rft.auinit=&rft.auinit1=&rft.auinitm=D,%20,&rft.ausuffix=&rft.au=Woods,%20David%20D&rft.aucorp=&rft.date=2006&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.part=&rft.quarter=&rft.ssn=&rft.spage=&rft.epage=&rft.pages=&rft.artnum=&rft.issn=&rft.eissn=&rft.isbn=9780754649045&rft.sici=&rft.coden=&rft_id=info:doi/10.1201/9781315605685&rft.object_id=&rft.eisbn=1315605686&rft.edition=1&rft.pub=CRC%20Press&rft.place=Abingdon&rft.series=&rft.stitle=&rft.bici=&rft_id=info:bibcode/&rft_id=info:hdl/&rft_id=info:lccn/&rft_id=info:oclcnum/476276931&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_id=info:eric/((addata/eric}}&rft_dat=%3Cswepu%3E9781317065296%3C/swepu%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E,language=eng,view=UBIS&svc_dat=viewit&user_ip=85.166.186.127&req.skin=primo&rft_pqid=&rft_galeid=&rft_cupid=&rft_eruid=&rft_nurid=&rft_ingid=View online

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