Normal Accident Theory links unfamiliar interactions with systems that allow little time or slack for intervention. It helps leaders examine dependencies and failure propagation beyond individual mistakes. The diagnosis calls for architectural inquiry, not a declaration that accidents are acceptable or that prevention is futile.
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What these mean
Editorial orientation · Family
Model
In this series, Model names the editorial family primarily used to understand and explain communication: theories, frameworks, effects, traditions, principles and other conceptual resources. It is an umbrella for a route into the field, not a claim that every included object is a predictive model.
Editorial orientation · Category
Theories & Explanatory Models
Explains how or why a communication process works by relating mechanisms, conditions or variables. Its value is an account that can guide inquiry into what produces an outcome, rather than a name for the outcome alone.