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Generation of hindsight

In: Learning from Disasters: A Management Approach

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  • Brian Toft

    (Marsh Ltd)

  • Simon Reynolds

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This chapter discusses the use of public inquiries to draw out the lessons from disasters. People have lost their lives in these incidents, and all involved in the inquiry process owe it to those people to bring out as full a picture as possible of what occurred in order to recommend ways of preventing recurrence of similar incidents. Some former witnesses to public inquiries are critical of aspects of procedure, especially the quasi-legal and adversarial nature of such investigations. Some have stressed that not all relevant issues may be considered by inquiries, that recommendations may be incomplete in scope, and that there may be too much emphasis on blaming someone or something.

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  • Brian Toft & Simon Reynolds, 2005. "Generation of hindsight," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Learning from Disasters: A Management Approach, edition 0, chapter 0, pages 42-64, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-27902-9_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-27902-9_5
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