Charles Bryce Perrow was an American sociologist, born February 9, 1925, and a leading figure in organizational sociology. He spent most of his career as a professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and at Yale University. His best known book, Normal Accidents, examined how the complexity and tight coupling of large technological systems, such as nuclear power plants, make catastrophic failure an inevitable feature of the system rather than merely the result of individual operator error. He was primarily concerned throughout his career with the impact of large organizations on society. He died November 12, 2019.
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Death PlaceNew Haven, Connecticut, US 1 Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionTheory of normal accidents: catastrophic accidents are inevitable in tightly coupled and complex systems 1 Notable WorkNormal Accidents: Living With High Risk Technologies 1 Connections
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Perrow Normal Accidents examined how complex, tightly coupled corporate and industrial organizations produce accidents that are built into the system itself.
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1. Wikipedia: Charles Perrow
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1925-02-09
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1925-02-09
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November 12, 2019
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2019-11-12
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Tacoma, Washington, US
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New Haven, Connecticut, US
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United States
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or Chick Perrow
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catastrophic accidents that are inevitable in tightly coupled and complex systems
Notable works
Normal Accidents: Living With High Risk Technologies
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