Brief Summary
We are conducting three studies of increasingly quantitative nature that will allow us to ground our research in rich, context-relevant data, and build upon that data to reveal and measure HRO behaviors and their diffusion into the federal fire management community. This work will also help define a basis for assessing the impact of HRO behaviors on fire management.
Purpose: The purposes of this study are to:
- identify High Reliability Organizing behaviors in the fire management community (focusing on wildland fire use and prescribed fire and specifically USDA Forest Service, USDOI National Park Service, and Bureau of Land Management);
- to seek out and document the breadth and depth of these behaviors; and
- to identify the means of diffusion within the community.
This project will contribute to the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center's task to assess the impact of the three 'Managing the Unexpected' workshops on HRO practices within the wildland fire community.
Research Team
- Dr. Kathleen Sutcliffe, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research, Professor of Management and Organizations, Gilbert and Ruth Whitaker Professor of Business Administration; Professor of Management and Organizations, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
- Dr. Anne Black, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
- Michelle Barton, Doctoral candidate, Ross School of Business, Department of Management and Organizations, University of Michigan
- Dierdre Dether, Fuels Planner, Boise National Forest
Cooperators:
- Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center
- Dave Thomas, retired - USFS
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