An earlier hierarchy of controls had engineering controls as the top-level control. Of course, now most hierarchy of controls, including the one used by OSHA, include elimination and substitution as ...

My last post described a talk in which venture capitalist, Fred Wilson, presents his firm's investment thesis. Among the key points, Wilson says that "technology-driven networks of individuals" can ...

Reducing risk to a level that is considered as low as reasonably possible should be the goal of every electrical professional. Using risk reduction strategy according to the hierarchy of controls is ...

Before the pandemic, it seems that the vast majority of the population did not give PPE a second thought. That has changed. In today’s world, personal protective equipment (PPE) is everywhere. The ...

The research presented here investigates the relative utility of a power theory versus a functional theory of organizational stratification as they pertain to managerial compensation in the large ...

This is a model of a pure hierarchy which oversees a given number of productive units. Its aim is to minimize costs, which are the sum of wage costs and costs caused by delays in decision making. The ...