Paradies, Mark

Paradies, Mark. Root Cause Analysis and Human Factors. Human Factors Society Bulletin, August 1991. 

Using Advanced Trending Techniques to Learn from Your Incident Statistics, Mark Paradies and Ed Skompski... 

A key word in the above definition is correctable. Managers at all levels need the root cause analysis to provide them with practical guidance—something that will help them correct their problems, and thereby improve their culture. The need for defining root causes that can help lead to solutions is demonstrated in the following paraphrased definition, adapted from Mark Paradies,... 

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