A growing challenge to the developers of human factors training programs today is that of financial justification. Most aviation maintenance personnel in the airline industry are aware of human factors issues; however, supervisors and managers continue to be challenged to make a business case for their human factors programs. This paper presents a model for the development of an integrated human factors business plan with return-on-investment calculations. Organizations that have already conducted the training, will find the return-on-investment calculations useful to measure the financial success of their training efforts.
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