Bow ties in risk management: a concept book for process safety

Well constructed bow ties make it very clear how risks are managed and major incidents avoided, and are increasingly used in high hazard industries.

This book reviews the bow tie method and explains how to construct highly effective bow ties and avoid common pitfalls, with sound and practical treatment of human and organizational factors.

The book provides realistic examples and explains how to treat human and organizational factors in a sound and practical manner.

Since many companies have their own procedures and guidelines this books creates a standardization of terminology and definitions associated with bow ties by drawing on a wealth of industry experience from well-known experts.

It explains how to apply the bow tie method to create high value organizational learning from incidents and audits in a practical method.