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23 produkter
High Reliability Management
Operating on the Edge
Av Emery Roe, Paul R. Schulman
Inbunden, 2008
1869 kr
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"Reliability" has become a watchword in the business community. Increasingly, it refers to anticipation and resilience organizations' ability to plan for, absorb, and rebound from shocks. Across many sectors and cases, the approach to improving reliability in primary technical systems has been …
High Reliability Management
Operating on the Edge
Av Emery Roe, Paul R. Schulman
Häftad, 2008
458 kr
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"Reliability" has become a watchword in the business community. Increasingly, it refers to anticipation and resilience organizations' ability to plan for, absorb, and rebound from shocks. Across many sectors and cases, the approach to improving reliability in primary technical systems has been …
Dirty Rotten Strategies
How We Trick Ourselves and Others Into Solving the Wrong Problems Precisely
Av Ian Mitroff, Abraham Silvers
Inbunden, 2009
403 kr
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People and organizations are perfectly capable of making the most outrageous missteps. But, how does a person, organization, or society know that it is committing an error? And, how can we tell that when others are steering us down wrong paths? Dirty Rotten Strategies delves into how organizations …
Learning from the Global Financial Crisis
Creatively, Reliably, and Sustainably
Av Paul Shrivastava, Matt Statler
Inbunden, 2012
938 kr
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This book is motivated by the simple hope that the cloud of the global financial crisis may yet have a silver lining—that political leaders, economists, and management scholars might seize this opportunity to reflect critically on the assumptions, practices, and infrastructures that have …
Swans, Swine, and Swindlers
Coping with the Growing Threat of Mega-Crises and Mega-Messes
Inbunden, 2011
706 kr
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Swans, Swine, and Swindlers addresses a core, contemporary question: What steps can we take to better anticipate and manage mega-crises, such as Haiti, Katrina, and 9/11?This book explores the concept of "messes." A mess is a web of complex and dynamically interacting, ill-defined, and/or wicked …
Social Roots of Risk
Producing Disasters, Promoting Resilience
Inbunden, 2014
1798 kr
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The first decade of the 21st century saw a remarkable number of large-scale disasters. Earthquakes in Haiti and Sumatra underscored the serious economic consequences that catastrophic events can have on developing countries, while 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina showed that first world nations remain …
Learning from the Global Financial Crisis
Creatively, Reliably, and Sustainably
Av Paul Shrivastava, Matt Statler
E-bok, 2012
1039 kr
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This book is motivated by the simple hope that the cloud of the global financial crisis may yet have a silver lining—that political leaders, economists, and management scholars might seize this opportunity to reflect critically on the assumptions, practices, and infrastructures that have …
Swans, Swine, and Swindlers
Coping with the Growing Threat of Mega-Crises and Mega-Messes
E-bok, 2011
803 kr
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Swans, Swine, and Swindlers addresses a core, contemporary question: What steps can we take to better anticipate and manage mega-crises, such as Haiti, Katrina, and 9/11?This book explores the concept of "messes." A mess is a web of complex and dynamically interacting, ill-defined, and/or wicked …
Community at Risk
Biodefense and the Collective Search for Security
Inbunden, 2015
959 kr
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In 2001, following the events of September 11 and the Anthrax attacks, the United States government began an aggressive campaign to secure the nation against biological catastrophe. Its agenda included building National Biocontainment Laboratories (NBLs), secure facilities intended for research on …
Narratives of Crisis
Telling Stories of Ruin and Renewal
Av Matthew Seeger, Timothy L. Sellnow
Inbunden, 2016
1753 kr
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How did you first hear about 9/11? What images come to mind when you think of Hurricane Katrina? How did your community react to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting? You likely have your own stories about these tragic events. Yet, as a society, we rarely stop to appreciate the narratives that …
Social Roots of Risk
Producing Disasters, Promoting Resilience
Häftad, 2014
441 kr
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The first decade of the 21st century saw a remarkable number of large-scale disasters. Earthquakes in Haiti and Sumatra underscored the serious economic consequences that catastrophic events can have on developing countries, while 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina showed that first world nations remain …
Social Roots of Risk
Producing Disasters, Promoting Resilience
E-bok, 2014
328 kr
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The first decade of the 21st century saw a remarkable number of large-scale disasters. Earthquakes in Haiti and Sumatra underscored the serious economic consequences that catastrophic events can have on developing countries, while 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina showed that first world nations remain …
Organizing for Reliability
A Guide for Research and Practice
Av Ranga Ramanujam, Karlene H. Roberts
Inbunden, 2018
1045 kr
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Increasingly, scholars view reliability—the ability to plan for and withstand disaster—as a social construction. However, there is a tendency to evoke this concept only in the face of catastrophes, such as the British Petroleum oil spill or the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. This book frames …
Leadership Dispatches
Chile's Extraordinary Comeback from Disaster
Av Michael Useem, Howard Kunreuther m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
459 kr
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On February 27, 2010, Chile was rocked by a violent earthquake five hundred times more powerful than the one that hit Haiti just six weeks prior. The Chilean earthquake devastated schools, hospitals, roads, and homes, paralyzing the country for weeks and causing economic damage that was equal to 18 …
Reliability and Risk
The Challenge of Managing Interconnected Infrastructures
Inbunden, 2016
997 kr
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The safe and continued functioning of critical infrastructures—such as electricity, natural gas, transportation, and water—is a social imperative. Yet the complex connections between these systems render them increasingly precarious. Furthermore, though we depend so heavily on interconnected …
Leadership Dispatches
Chile's Extraordinary Comeback from Disaster
Av Michael Useem, Howard Kunreuther m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
535 kr
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On February 27, 2010, Chile was rocked by a violent earthquake five hundred times more powerful than the one that hit Haiti just six weeks prior. The Chilean earthquake devastated schools, hospitals, roads, and homes, paralyzing the country for weeks and causing economic damage that was equal to 18 …
Community at Risk
Biodefense and the Collective Search for Security
E-bok, 2015
1108 kr
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In 2001, following the events of September 11 and the Anthrax attacks, the United States government began an aggressive campaign to secure the nation against biological catastrophe. Its agenda included building National Biocontainment Laboratories (NBLs), secure facilities intended for research on …
Reliability and Risk
The Challenge of Managing Interconnected Infrastructures
E-bok, 2016
1084 kr
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The safe and continued functioning of critical infrastructures—such as electricity, natural gas, transportation, and water—is a social imperative. Yet the complex connections between these systems render them increasingly precarious. Furthermore, though we depend so heavily on interconnected …
Narratives of Crisis
Telling Stories of Ruin and Renewal
Av Matthew Seeger, Timothy L. Sellnow
Häftad, 2016
429 kr
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How did you first hear about 9/11? What images come to mind when you think of Hurricane Katrina? How did your community react to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting? You likely have your own stories about these tragic events. Yet, as a society, we rarely stop to appreciate the narratives that …
Narratives of Crisis
Telling Stories of Ruin and Renewal
Av Matthew Seeger, Timothy L. Sellnow
E-bok, 2016
502 kr
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How did you first hear about 9/11? What images come to mind when you think of Hurricane Katrina? How did your community react to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting? You likely have your own stories about these tragic events. Yet, as a society, we rarely stop to appreciate the narratives that …
Crisis-Ready Teams
Data-Driven Lessons from Aviation, Nuclear Power, Emergency Medicine, and Mine Rescue
Inbunden, 2024
325 kr
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Prepare any team for peak performance when crisis comes.Crisis-Ready Teams explains how any team, and any team leader, in any industry or sector, can prepare in advance to manage crises that suddenly pull people together to address high-magnitude events that could seriously harm their …
Organizing for Reliability
A Guide for Research and Practice
Av Ranga Ramanujam, Karlene H. Roberts
E-bok, 2018
1195 kr
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Increasingly, scholars view reliability—the ability to plan for and withstand disaster—as a social construction. However, there is a tendency to evoke this concept only in the face of catastrophes, such as the British Petroleum oil spill or the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. This book frames …
Crisis-Ready Teams
Data-Driven Lessons from Aviation, Nuclear Power, Emergency Medicine, and Mine Rescue
E-bok, 2024
375 kr
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Prepare any team for peak performance when crisis comes.Crisis-Ready Teams explains how any team, and any team leader, in any industry or sector, can prepare in advance to manage crises that suddenly pull people together to address high-magnitude events that could seriously harm their …
