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Drift into failure : from hunting broken components to understanding complex systems / Sidney Dekker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dekker, Sidney.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social systems.
- Complex organizations.
- System theory--Social aspects.
- System theory.
- System failures (Engineering).
- Failure (Psychology).
- Complexity (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 220 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., [2011]
- Contents:
- Failure is always an option
- Features of drift
- The legacy of Newton and Descartes
- The search for the broken component
- Theorizing drift
- What is complexity and systems thinking?
- Managing the complexity of drift.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781409422228
- 1409422224
- 9781409422211
- 1409422216
- 9781409422235
- 1409422232
- OCLC:
- 656556703
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