Gerald J. Watson Jr. (Consulting Engineering, Sacramento, CA)

Critical Thinking

Learning from Mistakes and How to Prevent Them

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Errors happen for many reasons. This book takes a hands-on approach to the reasons why errors might happen and ways to possibly prevent them. The author covers errors committed by himself and colleagues in industry, academia, healthcare, and in government over the last 30 plus years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 69
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 158g
• ISBN-13: 9780367502720
• ISBN-10: 0367502720
• Artikelnr.: 60604923

Autorenporträt

Gerald J. Watson Jr., a Vietnam Veteran, graduated from Ga Tech with a B.S and M.S in Industrial Management, spent 30 years working in industry with several companies in different industries as an Industrial engineer, plant, engineering and safety team manager, before returning to earn a PhD in Industrial Engineering from NC A&T, has taught at the community college and university level for over 20 years, and whose main focus in teaching is to get students to think and to effectively communicate orally and in writing. Jesse J. Derouin, graduated magnum cum laude with a bachelor's of science degree in Applied Engineering Technology.

Inhaltsangabe

1. To Err is Human. 2. Examples Observed in Establishing Production
Standards. 3. Examples Observed in Using Only Costs as a Guide to Purchase
Items. 4. Examples that May Result in Illegal Work Stoppages or Walkouts.
5. Examples that May Cause in an Increase in the Number of Accidents/Lost
Time Injuries. 6. Examples of Packaging that Require Excessive Time to
Open, Additional Equipment or Additional Help. 7. Examples of Instructions
that are Poorly Written or Lacking Detail Requiring Excessive Assembly Time
or Reassembly.