Putting into practice error management theory: Unlearning and learning to manage action errors in construction
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Error management theory is drawn upon to examine how a project-based organization, which took the form of a program alliance, was able to change its established error prevention mindset to one that enacted a learning mindfulness that provided an avenue to curtail its action error...
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| author | Love, Peter Smith, J. Teo, Pauline |
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| description | © 2018 Elsevier Ltd Error management theory is drawn upon to examine how a project-based organization, which took the form of a program alliance, was able to change its established error prevention mindset to one that enacted a learning mindfulness that provided an avenue to curtail its action errors. The program alliance was required to unlearn its existing routines and beliefs to accommodate the practices required to embrace error management. As a result of establishing an error management culture the program alliance was able to create a collective mindfulness that nurtured learning and supported innovation. The findings provide a much-needed context to demonstrate the relevance of error management theory to effectively address rework and safety problems in construction projects. The robust theoretical underpinning that is grounded in practice and presented in this paper provides a mechanism to engender learning from errors, which can be utilized by construction organizations to improve the productivity and performance of their projects. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-662852023-06-07T07:25:44Z Putting into practice error management theory: Unlearning and learning to manage action errors in construction Love, Peter Smith, J. Teo, Pauline © 2018 Elsevier Ltd Error management theory is drawn upon to examine how a project-based organization, which took the form of a program alliance, was able to change its established error prevention mindset to one that enacted a learning mindfulness that provided an avenue to curtail its action errors. The program alliance was required to unlearn its existing routines and beliefs to accommodate the practices required to embrace error management. As a result of establishing an error management culture the program alliance was able to create a collective mindfulness that nurtured learning and supported innovation. The findings provide a much-needed context to demonstrate the relevance of error management theory to effectively address rework and safety problems in construction projects. The robust theoretical underpinning that is grounded in practice and presented in this paper provides a mechanism to engender learning from errors, which can be utilized by construction organizations to improve the productivity and performance of their projects. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66285 10.1016/j.apergo.2018.01.007 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130103018 Elsevier restricted |
| spellingShingle | Love, Peter Smith, J. Teo, Pauline Putting into practice error management theory: Unlearning and learning to manage action errors in construction |
| title | Putting into practice error management theory: Unlearning and learning to manage action errors in construction |
| title_full | Putting into practice error management theory: Unlearning and learning to manage action errors in construction |
| title_fullStr | Putting into practice error management theory: Unlearning and learning to manage action errors in construction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Putting into practice error management theory: Unlearning and learning to manage action errors in construction |
| title_short | Putting into practice error management theory: Unlearning and learning to manage action errors in construction |
| title_sort | putting into practice error management theory: unlearning and learning to manage action errors in construction |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130103018 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66285 |