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Meltdown : what plane crashes, oil spills, and dumb business decisions can teach us about how to succeed at work and at home / Chris Clearfield and András Tilcsik.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clearfield, Chris, author.
- Tilcsik, András, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social systems.
- System theory--Social aspects.
- System theory.
- Organizational sociology.
- Errors.
- Organizational behavior.
- Decision making.
- Business failures.
- Physical Description:
- 294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : Penguin Books, 2019.
- Contents:
- Prologue : a day like any other
- Part one. Failure all around us. The danger zone ; Deep waters, new horizons ; Hacking, fraud, and all the news that's unfit to print
- Part two. Conquering complexity. Out of the danger zone ; Complex systems, simple tools ; Reading the writing on the wall ; The anatomy of dissent ; The speed bump effect ; Strangers in a strange land ; Surprise!
- Epilogue : the golden age of meltdowns.
- Notes:
- "First published in the United States of America by Penguin Press ... 2018"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-286) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780735222656
- 0735222657
- OCLC:
- 1090276381
- Publisher Number:
- 90103395714
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