Is Resilience Really Necessary? The Case of Railways
In other parts of this book resilience is discussed as a desirable attribute of organisations in managing safety in complex, high-risk environments. It seems to us necessary to explore also the boundaries of resilience as a strategy or state of organisations. Is it the only successful strategy in town? If not, is it always the most appropriate strategy? If not, when is it the preferred one? This chapter tries to address some of these questions, to give some thoughts and ways forward.
Railways as a Running Example
We take as our example the railways. We have been involved intensively in the last few years in a number of projects concerning safety ...
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