From Latent Conditions to Active Failures (Dr. James Reason Human Failure Model)

An organizational event-causal story developed by James Reason starts with the organizational factors:

1. Strategic decisions,
2. Generic organizational processes – forecasting, budgeting, allocating resources, planning, scheduling, communicating, managing, auditing, etc.

These processes are colored and shaped by the corporate culture, unspoken attitudes, and unwritten rules concerning how the organization carries out its business. [Reason, 1997]