The notion of the organizational accident underlying Reason’s Model can be best understood through a building -block approach, consisting of five blocks (Figure 2-3).The top block represents the organizational processes. These are activities over which any organization has a reasonable degree of direct control. Typical examples include policy making, planning, communication, allocation of resources,
And supervision. Unquestionably, the two fundamental organizational processes as far as safety is concerned are allocation of resources and communication. Downsides or deficiencies in these organizational processes are the breeding grounds for a dual pathway towards failure.