Fundamentals of HRO

What is HRO?

In this video, Texas Tech professor of Industrial Engineering Dr. Timothy Matis, PhD introduces High Reliability Organizations (HRO) and narrates a brief history of it's usage.

HRO: What's in a Name?

Many definitions of reliability denote an absence of failure. If that's the case, is there any difference between reliability and safety? In this video, Dr. Timothy Matis explains what exactly is meant when industrial engineers discuss High Reliability Organizations.

Foundations of Practicing HRO

Many experts compare High Reliability Organizations to living organisms to demonstrate how they work. The latest video in our CEHROP series utilizes this metaphor to explain the three foundational elements of HRO theory.