Error friendliness

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Error-friendliness is a term introduced by Christine von Weizsäcker in 1977 in the scientific discussion about the openness to errors, which was specified in 1984 by her and her husband Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker in a research article on evolutionary processes in nature and how they deal with disturbances. In a simplistic way, the term is often equated with the term of fault tolerance , in the sense of a consciously planned acceptance of undesirable but occurring events. The term “error-friendliness” was also included in the technical and economic area as well as in the area of mathematics didactics .

definition

The term error-friendliness therefore normatively describes that errors tend to be viewed positively, just as nature treats disturbances that appear superficially as errors in a "friendly" manner.

“Error-friendliness means first of all a particularly intensive focus on and dealing with deviations from the expected course of events . This is a way of dealing with reality and its pleasant and unpleasant surprises that can be found everywhere in living nature "

- Christine Weizsäcker; Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker

If the willingness to take risks is understood as responsible action, then error-friendliness is a necessary prerequisite. Only in error-friendly systems do the effects of risk-taking decisions not lead to incalculable risks. This applies in particular to technologies and activities with special risks , for example in large-scale systems and in occupational safety .

literature

  • M. Gartmeier: Error-friendliness in the work context: Positive attitudes towards errors and negative knowledge as resources for professional action. SVH, Saarbrücken 2010.
  • J. Bleckwedel: Willingness to experiment and error-free. In: Systemic Therapy in Action. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2008, pp. 74–83.
  • Elke M. Schüttelkopf: Success strategy error culture. How organizations improve their performance by dealing professionally with errors. In: Gabriele Ebner, Peter Heimerl, Elke M. Schüttelkopf: Mistakes - Learning - Companies. How you perceive and shape the error culture and learning maturity of your organization. Frankfurt am Main / Berlin / Bern / Bruxelles / New York / Oxford / Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-631-57744-8 .
  • T. Wehner, J. Nowack, K. Mehl: About the de-trivialization of errors: Automation and its effects as potential hazards. In: T. Wehner (Hrsg.): Safety as error-friendliness: work and social psychological findings for a critical technology assessment. (= Socially compatible technology design. Vol. 31). Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1992, pp. 36-56.
  • K. Mehl: You learn from mistakes! How do you learn from mistakes? In: E. Rümmele (Ed.): Cognitive representations about accidents and safety instructions in sport. Cologne 1993, pp. 129-140.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker : Error Friendly Technologies. In: Bulletin of Science Technology Society. Volume 4, 1984, pp. 337-339.
  2. ↑ a b Christine Weizsäcker, Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker: Error-friendliness. In: Klaus Kornwachs (Ed.): Openness - Temporality - Complexity. On the theory of open systems. Campus, Frankfurt / New York 1984, pp. 167–201.
  3. ↑ B. Guggenberger: The right to error - instructions for imperfection. Vienna 1987, p. 145.
  4. ↑ M. Stüttgen: Strategies for managing complexity in companies: a transdisciplinary frame of reference. Haupt, Bern 1999, p. 213.
  5. ↑ Martin Weingardt: Mistakes set us apart ! Ggp Media, 2004, ISBN 3-7815-1276-2 , pp. 263f.