What does HRO stand for?

High-Reliability Organization

This definition appears very rarely and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:

Organizations, NGOs, schools, universities, etc.
Business, finance, etc.

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This article discusses the concepts of culture and leadership and summarizes two paradigms that are useful in understanding the precursors of medical errors and developing interventions to prevent them: normal accident theory and high-reliability organization theory.

The role of leadership in instilling a culture of safety: lessons ...

Edwards Deming and the philosophy of continuous improvement, the authors identify the problem with our educational systems and encourage the application of the Baldrige criteria for evaluating schools and ISO 9001 and 9004 standards to produce high-reliability organizations.

Healing Public Schools. (Book Reviews)

Topics Covered: Managing the Unexpected: What Business Can Learn from High-Reliability Organizations Expectations and Mindfulness The Three Principles of Anticipation Principles of Containment Assessing Your Capabilities for Resilient Performance Organizational Culture: Institutionalizing Mindfulness How to Manage Mindfully For more information, visit http://www.

Managing the Unexpected: Resilient Performance in an Age of ...